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Ruscus aculeatus, known as butcher's-broom, is a low evergreen Eurasian [[shrub]], with flat shoots known as cladodes that give the appearance of [[stiff]], spine-tipped leaves. Small greenish flowers appear in [[spring]], and are borne singly in the centre of the cladodes. The female flowers are followed by a red [[berry]], and the seeds are bird-distributed, but the plant also spreads vegetatively by means of rhizomes. It is native to Eurasia and some northern parts of Africa. Ruscus aculeatus occurs in [[woodland]]s and [[hedgerow]]s, where it is [[tolerant]] of deep [[shade]], and also on coastal cliffs. Likely due to its attractive winter/spring color, Ruscus aculeatus has become a fairly common landscape plant. It is also widely planted in gardens, and has spread as a garden escapee in many areas outside its native range. The plant grows well in zones 7 to 9 on the USDA hardiness zone map. The [[Latin]] specific [[epithet]] [[aculateus]] means “[[prickly]]”.