| Chinese privet Ligustrum sinense Lour. |
USDA PLANTS Symbol: LISI |
Synonym(s): common chinese privet, common privet Chinese privet is a semi-evergreen shrub or small tree that grows to 20 ft. (6.1 m) in height. Trunks usually occur as multiple stems with many long, leafy branches. Leaves are opposite, oval, pubescent on the underside of the midvein and less than 2 in. (5 cm) long. Flowering occurs in late spring, when small, white flowers develop at the end of branches in 2-3 in. (5-7.6 cm) long clusters. Fruit are oval, fleshy, less than 0.5 in. (1.3 cm) long, ripen to a dark purple to black color and persist into winter. Several privet species occur and they are often hard to distinguish. Chinese privet commonly forms dense thickets in fields or in the understory of forests. It shades and out-competes many species and, once established, is very difficult to remove. Chinese privet was introduced into the United States in the early 1852 as an ornamental. |
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Identification, Biology, Control and Management Resources
Nonnative Invasive Plants of Southern Forests - USDA Forest Service
Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council Invasive Plant Manual - SE-EPPC Invasive Plant Atlas of New England - University of Connecticut Images, Video and Information - University of Florida - Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants Element Stewardship Abstract - The Nature Conservancy Fire Effects Information System - USDA Forest Service Invasive Species Management Plans for Florida - University of Florida - Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants Plant Invaders of Mid-Atlantic Natural Areas - National Park Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |
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