Elaeagnus pungens Thunb.
Detail
- Family
- Elaeagnaceae
- Botanical Name
- Elaeagnus pungens Thunb.
- Common Name
- Thorny Olive
- Synonym(s)
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Elaeagnus pungens Thunb.
- Comments
- Habitat
- Roadsides, fencerows, and disturbed forests; invasive on dry, calcareous shell-marl slopes of the inner Coastal Plain and elsewhere. Infrequent in the Coastal Plain and Piedmont; most frequent in the counties bordering the James River. This species is commonly planted as a hedgerow on highway median strips in e. Virginia.
- Native Status
- Introduced
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