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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Forestiera acuminata
FAMILY
Oleaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Forestiera acuminata
FAMILY
Oleaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Forestiera acuminata
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 153-02-001:
Forestiera acuminata FAMILY Oleaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Forestiera acuminata
COMMON NAME:
Swamp Forestiera, Swamp-privet
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Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905) mtna_i_886
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_foac_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_foac_008_lvd
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Ron Lance rwl2178_a
June
Leaf blades oblong to diamond-shaped, tapering at both ends, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).
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Ron Lance rwl2178_a2
June
Fruit a brownish to purple, ellipsoid, wrinkled, fleshy drupe, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Forestiera acuminata
FAMILY
Oleaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Forestiera acuminata
FAMILY
Oleaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Forestiera acuminata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 153-02-001:
Forestiera acuminata
FAMILY
Oleaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Forestiera acuminata
2178
Shrub; Tree
Perennial
Dioecious or polygamous
Habitat: swamp forests, especially over calcareous substrates, per Weakley's Flora
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
Uncommon in Coastal Plain
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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Opposite
Petioles about 2.5cm long
FLOWER:
Spring
Greenish-white
Radially symmetrical
4-merous
Calyx absent in staminate flowers, absent or minute in pistillate flowers
Petals absent
1-4 stamens in staminate flowers
Bisexual or functionally unisexual
Flowers in axillary clusters
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Purplish-black
Drupe
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p119
- Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007) p249
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p141
- Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988) p095
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p140
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