Research : Oregon grape

General information
Student : Chakkarat Wongthirawat
Date : 06.11.14
Version

APD - Trans-Scalar Diversity

Oregon grape is a species of flowering plant in the family Berberidaceae, native to western North America. It is an
evergreen shrub growing to 1 m (3 ft) tall by 1.5 m (5 ft) wide,
with pinnate leaves consisting of spiny leaflets, and dense
clusters of yellow flowers in early spring, followed by dark
bluish-black berries.

Petiole in a tree
Petiole size

: 35-40 clusters
: 30-60 cm.

Compound leaves in a petiole

Raceme flowers in a petiole

: 6-10 leaves/cluster
: 14-27 racemes/cluster

Leaflets in a compound leaf

Flowers in a raceme

: 9-17 leaflets
: 60-150 flowers

Leaflets in a tree
Flowers in a tree

: ~500 leaflets
: ~70,000 flowers

Pinnation is an arrangement of discrete structures (such as leaflets, veins, lobes, branches, or

appendages) arising at multiple points along a common axis.
A raceme is an unbranched, indeterminate type of inflorescence bearing pedicellate flowers.

Research : Oregon grape

Quantitative data collection
Student : Chakkarat Wongthirawat
Date : 06.11.14
Version

APD - Trans-Scalar Diversity

Compound leaf branching

- Almost equally radical distribution
Raceme branching
- Randomly radical distribution

2-10

Compound leaf branching

- 2-10 degree and falling down
Raceme branching
- 2-10 degree and growing up

Research : Oregon grape

Branching : Petiole
Student : Chakkarat Wongthirawat
Date : 06.11.14
Version

APD - Trans-Scalar Diversity

18-35

Leaflet branching
- Odd-pinnate leaflets

40-60

30-60

Fruit and pedicel branching

- Alternate individual and dual branching

Research : Oregon grape

Branching : Compound Leaf
Student : Chakkarat Wongthirawat
Date : 06.11.14
Version

APD - Trans-Scalar Diversity

70-80

45-65

8-15

End leaflet in a compound leaf

- Almost symmetrical shape
- Equal number of spiny tips
- 2 veins from the base in both side

60-70

30-50

12-20

Research : Oregon grape

Branching : Leaflet vein
Student : Chakkarat Wongthirawat
Date : 06.11.14
Version

APD - Trans-Scalar Diversity

Odd-pinnate leaflet
- Asymmetrical shape
- 1-3 tips different from each side
- 1-2 veins from the base in one side and 2-3
veins from the other side

Colour variation
Green turns to Yellow

Colour variation
Green turns to Red
Research : Oregon grape
Colour variation : Leaflet
Student : Chakkarat Wongthirawat
Date : 06.11.14
Version

APD - Trans-Scalar Diversity

Unusual conditions

Research : Oregon grape

Colour variation : Leaflet
Student : Chakkarat Wongthirawat
Date : 06.11.14
Version

APD - Trans-Scalar Diversity

Colour variation
Young to old
Research : Oregon grape
Colour variation : Raceme and compound leaf
Student : Chakkarat Wongthirawat
Date : 06.11.14
Version

APD - Trans-Scalar Diversity

Colour variation

0.6 0.3
1.0 cm
0.9 cm

0.5

4.2 cm

1.2 cm

1.1 cm

4.2 cm

13.5 cm

1.4 cm

4.6 cm
8.5 cm

3.5 cm

7.0 cm

1.4 cm

1.6 cm

5.6 cm

34.1 cm

Compound leaf growth rate

Exponential graph
Research : Oregon grape
Growth rate : Compound leaf and Raceme
Student : Chakkarat Wongthirawat
Date : 06.11.14
Version

APD - Trans-Scalar Diversity

Raceme growth rate

Fluctuate graph