NOTES: Highly invasive shrub native to eastern Asia.
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Autumn Olive
Genus species:
Elaeagnus umbellata
Common Name:
Autumn Olive
Family Name:
Elaeagnaceae
Shrubs with silvery-scaly pubescence, sometimes thorny; leaves alternate, simple, usually silvery below, entire or serrate; flowers mostly bisexual, in racemes; fruit drupelike but an achene surrounded by flesh.
Seed Type:
Angiosperm
Origin:
Native: native to North America. Non-native: not native to North America. Introduced Native: native to North America, but not Rowe Woods.
* Definitions based on the USDA terminology
Nonnative
Category:
Shrub
Flower Color:
Yellow
CNC Habitat:
Krippendorf Arboretum
Identified by:
M. Becus
Months in Bloom:
The highlighted month(s) in this chart indicate when the plant has been observed blooming.