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Your search found 26 taxa in the family Oleaceae, Olive family, as understood by Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
Carolina Ash, Water Ash, Pop Ash
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Fraxinus caroliniana FAMILY: Oleaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Fraxinus caroliniana FAMILY: Oleaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Fraxinus caroliniana 153-01-001 FAMILY: Oleaceae
Habitat: Deeply to shallowly flooded swamps, both alluvial and tidal
Common in Coastal Plain (rare in Piedmont)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
White Ash, American Ash
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Fraxinus americana FAMILY: Oleaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Fraxinus americana FAMILY: Oleaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Fraxinus americana var. americana 153-01-002a FAMILY: Oleaceae
Habitat: Mesic slopes, rich cove forests
Common (rare in Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Biltmore Ash, Biltmore White Ash
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Fraxinus biltmoreana FAMILY: Oleaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Fraxinus americana FAMILY: Oleaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Fraxinus americana var. biltmoreana 153-01-002b FAMILY: Oleaceae
Habitat: Mesic slopes, rich cove forests, dry calcareous or mafic glades and woodlands (with Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana and Carya glabra), calcareous hammocks
Common (rare in Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: Pumpkin Ash
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Fraxinus profunda FAMILY: Oleaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Fraxinus profunda FAMILY: Oleaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Fraxinus tomentosa 153-01-003 FAMILY: Oleaceae
Habitat: Swamps, especially along blackwater rivers and streams and in freshwater tidal wetlands (as along the James, Pamunkey, Mattaponi, and Rappahannock rivers in e. VA), also in brownwater bottomlands; common (rare in Piedmont and Mountains)
Common in Carolina Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Green Ash, Red Ash
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Fraxinus pennsylvanica FAMILY: Oleaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Fraxinus pennsylvanica FAMILY: Oleaceae
INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Fraxinus pennsylvanica + 153-01-004 FAMILY: Oleaceae
Habitat: Bottomlands and swamps, especially along brownwater rivers and streams, rarely on mesic upland disturbed sites
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Blue Ash
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Fraxinus quadrangulata FAMILY: Oleaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Fraxinus quadrangulata FAMILY: Oleaceae
Habitat: Mesic to dry calcareous woodlands and forests
Rare
Native to Georgia
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Common Name:
Swamp Forestiera, Swamp-privet
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Forestiera acuminata FAMILY: Oleaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Forestiera acuminata FAMILY: Oleaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Forestiera acuminata 153-02-001 FAMILY: Oleaceae
Habitat: Swamp forests, especially over calcareous substrates
Uncommon in Coastal Plain
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name:
Godfrey's Forestiera
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Forestiera godfreyi FAMILY: Oleaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Forestiera godfreyi FAMILY: Oleaceae
Habitat: Shell middens, maritime forests over shell substrate
Rare
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name:
Glade Forestiera, Southern-privet
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Forestiera ligustrina FAMILY: Oleaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Forestiera ligustrina FAMILY: Oleaceae
Habitat: Upland forests, woodlands, and glades, mostly on calcareous rocks or shell middens
Uncommon in GA, rare in SC
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
Common Name: Florida-privet, Florida Forestiera
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Forestiera segregata FAMILY: Oleaceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Forestiera segregata var. segregata FAMILY: Oleaceae
Habitat: Calcareous scrub, shell middens, maritime forests and thickets
Rare
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name:
Fringetree, Grancy Graybeard, Old Man's Beard, Grandsir-graybeard
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Chionanthus virginicus FAMILY: Oleaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Chionanthus virginicus FAMILY: Oleaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Chionanthus virginicus 153-03-001 FAMILY: Oleaceae
Habitat: Dry, mesic, or wet forests and woodlands, granitic flatrocks and domes, glades and barrens over various rocks (including granite, greenstone, etc.), swamp forests in the Coastal Plain, tidal swamps, rarely pocosins
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Devilwood, Wild Olive
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cartrema americanum FAMILY: Oleaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Osmanthus americanus var. americanus FAMILY: Oleaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Osmanthus americana 153-04-001 FAMILY: Oleaceae
Habitat: Maritime forests and (in FL, GA, SC, and extreme s. NC) hammocks and other dry, sandy forests well inland, and reported southwards for wet habitats as well
Common in GA & SC (uncommon in NC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Fragrant Tea Olive
PLANTS National Database: Osmanthus fragrans FAMILY: Oleaceae
Non-native
Common Name:
Amur Privet
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ligustrum obtusifolium var. suave FAMILY: Oleaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ligustrum amurense FAMILY: Oleaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ligustrum amurense 153-05-001 FAMILY: Oleaceae
Habitat: Disturbed places
Waif(s)
Non-native: Japan
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Common Name:
Border Privet
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ligustrum obtusifolium var. obtusifolium FAMILY: Oleaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ligustrum obtusifolium FAMILY: Oleaceae
Habitat: Disturbed places
Rare
Non-native: Japan
Common Name: Waxyleaf Privet
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ligustrum quihoui FAMILY: Oleaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ligustrum quihoui FAMILY: Oleaceae
Habitat: Glade margins, suburban woodlands, disturbed places
Rare
Non-native: China
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Common Name:
Japanese Privet
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ligustrum japonicum FAMILY: Oleaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ligustrum japonicum FAMILY: Oleaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ligustrum japonicum 153-05-002 FAMILY: Oleaceae
Habitat: Disturbed places
Common in GA & SC Coastal Plain (uncommon elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Non-native: Japan & Korea
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Common Name:
California Privet
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ligustrum ovalifolium FAMILY: Oleaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ligustrum ovalifolium FAMILY: Oleaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ligustrum ovalifolium 153-05-003 FAMILY: Oleaceae
Habitat: Disturbed places
Waif(s)
Non-native: Japan
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Common Name:
Chinese Privet, "privy hedge"
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ligustrum sinense FAMILY: Oleaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ligustrum sinense FAMILY: Oleaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ligustrum sinense 153-05-004 FAMILY: Oleaceae
Habitat: Moist forests, especially alluvial bottomlands, and also in a wide range of other forests, woodlands, glade edges, etc
Common
Non-native: China
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Common Name:
Glossy Privet, Broadleaf Privet
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ligustrum lucidum FAMILY: Oleaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ligustrum lucidum FAMILY: Oleaceae
Habitat: Disturbed places
Uncommon
Non-native: China, Japan & Korea
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Common Name:
European Privet, Common Privet
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ligustrum vulgare FAMILY: Oleaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ligustrum vulgare FAMILY: Oleaceae
Habitat: Disturbed places
Rare
Non-native: Europe & northern Africa
Common Name: Weeping Forsythia
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Forsythia suspensa FAMILY: Oleaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Forsythia suspensa FAMILY: Oleaceae
Habitat: Waste places, vacant lots, suburban woodlands, commonly planted and persistent, rarely escaped
Waif(s)
Non-native: China
Common Name: Greenstem Forsythia
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Forsythia viridissima FAMILY: Oleaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Forsythia viridissima FAMILY: Oleaceae
Habitat: Waste places, vacant lots, suburban woodlands, commonly planted and persistent, rarely escaped
Waif(s)
Non-native: China
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Common Name:
Winter Jasmine
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Jasminum nudiflorum FAMILY: Oleaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Jasminum nudiflorum FAMILY: Oleaceae
Habitat: Cultivated and rarely persistent or spreading, at least vegetatively by layering (Diamond 2013)
Rare
Non-native: China
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Common Name:
Common Lilac, French Lilac
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Syringa vulgaris FAMILY: Oleaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Syringa vulgaris FAMILY: Oleaceae
Habitat: Commonly planted, persistent and naturalizing around old farms
Waif(s)
Non-native: southeast Europe
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Common Name:
Border Forsythia, showy forsythia
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Forsythia intermedia FAMILY: Oleaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Forsythia intermedia FAMILY: Oleaceae
Habitat: From horticultural use
Non-native: Asia
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