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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Forestiera acuminata   FAMILY Oleaceae   Go to FSUS key



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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image of Forestiera acuminata, Swamp Forestiera, Swamp-privet

Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_886

        

image of Forestiera acuminata, Swamp Forestiera, Swamp-privet

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_foac_001_lvd

        

image of Forestiera acuminata, Swamp Forestiera, Swamp-privet

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_foac_008_lvd

        

image of Forestiera acuminata, Swamp Forestiera, Swamp-privet

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).

image of Forestiera acuminata, Swamp Forestiera, Swamp-privet

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

 

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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

 

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