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nine·bark

 (nīn′bärk′)
n.
Any of several shrubs of the genus Physocarpus of the rose family, especially P. opulifolius of eastern North America, having peeling or shredding bark and clusters of small white flowers.

[From the many layers in its bark.]
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ninebark

(ˈnaɪnˌbɑːk)
n
(Plants) a North American deciduous shrub of the genus Physocarpus that has peeling bark and small white flowers
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Shrubs whose best show is on stems that are 1 year old -- common ninebark, flowering almond, rambling roses, kerria and pussy willows grown as shrubs for their catkins -- require slightly less severe pruning.
With Ted frozen on a solid point, I crashed through a thicket of autumn-orange ninebark brush tensely anticipating the thundering flush of a ruffed grouse.
A red 'Suminagashi' Japanese maple is at its left, while 'Diabolo' ninebark screens it on the right.
Meek also edited the anthology Deep Travel: Contemporary American Poets Abroad (Ninebark Press, 2007).
The site was north-facing within an old seed-tree cut now dominated by a mixed stand of young Western Larch, Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) and Ponderosa Pine (Pinus ponderosa), with a shrub layer including alder (Alnus sp.), Saskatoon Serviceberry (Amelanchier alnifolia), Mallow-leaf Ninebark (Physocarpus malvaceus), and Rocky Mountain Maple (Acer glabrum).
Sandra Meek is the author of four books of poems, most recently Road Scatter (Persea Books), and Biogeography, winner of the Dorset Prize (Tupelo Press), as well as the editor of an anthology, Deep Travel: Contemporary American Poets Abroad (Ninebark).
Woods points out the evidence of their previous volunteer efforts: dogwood, alder and ninebark shrubs are planted along the banks.
The windows above my kitchen sink look out on trellised roses and clematis hanging above a ninebark bush on which the birds congregate.
Planted Caesalpiniaceae redbud 2300 Cornaceae silky dogwood 2000 Cornaceae flowering dogwood 2300 Cornaceae gray dogwood 2300 Cornaceae black gum 7000 Fagaceae white oak 20900 Fagaceae shingle oak 4600 Fagaceae bur oak 10000 Fagaceae swamp chestnut oak 4500 Fagaceae pin oak 10000 Hamamelidaceae sweetgum 20000 Juglandaceae pecan 10000 Juglandaceae black walnut 10000 Lauraceae spicebush 2300 Oleaceae green ash 10000 Plantanaceae sycamore 13000 Rosaceae Washington hawthorne 2300 Rosaceae ninebark 700 Rubiaceae buttonbush 1900 Total trees planted 136100 APPENDIX 2:
Queen Elizabeth II has made a few Commemorative ninebark. During the 2010 Royal Visit to Winnipeg, Queen Elizabeth II planted an Amber Jubilee Ninebark (Physocarpus opulifolius ']efam') in the garden adjacent to Government House.
sedges, excluding elk sedge Shrubs AMAL Amelanchier Serviceberry Palatable alnifolia PHMA Physocarpus Ninebark Low malvaceus RICE Ribes cereum Straw current Low VAME Vaccinium Big huckleberry Palatable membranaceum VASC Vaccinium scoparium Grouse whortleberry Unpalatable