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Read more about Chinese Privet at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Ligustrum sinense
FAMILY
Oleaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ligustrum sinense
FAMILY
Oleaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 153-05-004:
Ligustrum sinense
FAMILY
Oleaceae
COMMON NAME:
Chinese Privet
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / US Forest Service pnd_lisi_012_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm0401e_06
January Greenville County SC
Opposite in 2 rows at near right angles to the stem, ovate to elliptic, per Nonnative Invasive Plants of Southern Forests.
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Roxanna Martin rlm42911_251
April Spartanburg County SC
Stamens extend from the four-lobed corolla, per Nonnative Invasive Plants of Southern Forests.
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Roxanna Martin rlm5211_40
April Spartanburg County SC
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Gill Newberry gn05_l_sinense_at_road_ed
May
Often forms dense stands, to the detriment of native understory vegetation, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide.
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JK Marlow jkm080515_031
May Greenville County SC
Parking lot
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JK Marlow jkm080515_036
May Greenville County SC
Parking lot
Thicket-forming shrubs to 30' in height, per Nonnative Invasive Plants of Southern Forests.
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JK Marlow jkm190508_8240
May Greenville County SC
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Roxanna Martin rlm5711_107
May Spartanburg County SC
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JK Marlow jkm130709_408
July Greenville County SC
Colonizing by root sprouts & spread widely by bird & animal dispersed seeds, per A Field Guide for the Identification of Invasive Plants in Southern Forests.
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Gill Newberry gn09_l_sinense_privet
September
Panicles terminal, many on short lateral branches, pedunculate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Gill Newberry gn09_ligustyrum_sinense
September
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JK Marlow jkm201022_7894
October Greenville County SC
"I would rank it a noxious weed, esp in southern states", says Michael Dirr, per Manual of Woody Landscape Plants.
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JK Marlow jkm151113_762
November McCormick County SC
Sumter National Forest: Edgefield Ranger District
It thrives in heavy shade and full sun and forms impenetrable thickets, per Manual of Woody Landscape Plants.
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JK Marlow jkm071208_008
December Greenville County SC
Lake Conestee Nature Park
One of the most noxious of our weeds, choking out native vegetation, per Weakley's Flora.
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Roxanna Martin rlm12510_24
December Spartanburg County SC
Dense ovoid drupes hanging or projecting outward, containing 1-4 seeds, per Nonnative Invasive Plants of Southern Forests.