Taxon

Forestiera ligustrina

 
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Forestiera ligustrina - upland foresteria, upland swamp-privet
Image: Ecker, Michael E. - The Dawes Arboretum
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Common name: upland foresteria, upland swamp-privet
Family: Oleaceae (olive family)
Distribution: s.e. United States
Hardiness: USDA Zone 6
Life form: Deciduous shrub/Subshrub
Comments: A deciduous or semi-evergreen shrub to around 9' tall and wide. Leaves are opposite, simple, elliptic to obovate in shape. Summer color is gray-green with little appreciable fall color. Flowers are tiny, minutely stalked or sessile, without petals and yellowish in color (May). Fruits are a blue-black drupe, ripening in early fall. Plant in full sun in well-drained soil.
Links: Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy) • The Plant List • USDA PLANTS Database - US Department of Agriculture

Locations

  • 1: MAG: CD13 (CD13) • Accession: D2002-1109.001 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
  • 2: MAG: CD13 (CD13) • Accession: D2002-1109.002 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
  • 3: MAG: CD13 (CD13) • Accession: D2002-1109.003 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
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