Common sea-buckthorn has branches that are dense and stiff, and very thorny.

Andalö is made on the basis of common sea-buckthorn and has an alcohol content of 15% ABV.

Hippophae rhamnoides, common sea-buckthorn, is a species of flowering plant in the family Elaeagnaceae, native to fixed dunes and sea cliffs in Europe and Asia.

Hippophae rhamnoides, the common sea-buckthorn, is by far the most widespread of the species in the genus, with the ranges of its eight subspecies extending from the Atlantic coasts of Europe right across to northwestern China.

The larvae feed on various plants, including Bromus erectus, Carex brizoides, Ulmus, Alnus, Betula, Quercus, Prunus spinosa, Hippophae rhamnoides and Vaccinium uliginosum.