Common Privet     Information
INVASIVE
Scientific Name:Ligustrum vulgare
Common Name Synonyms: Privet


NOTES: Opposite branching, arranged in an "X" pattern (4-ranked). Native to central and southern Europe, North Africa, and Southwestern Asia.

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Common Privet
Genus species: Ligustrum vulgare
Common Names: Common Privet
Privet
Family Name: Oleaceae  
Deciduous or semi-evergreen shrubs or trees; leaves opposite, simple or compound; flowers bisexual or unisexual, regular, in various inflorescences; fruit a drupe, capsule, or samara.
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:White
Identified by:A. Swanson
Months in Bloom:  
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