Forestiera acuminata: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Lamiales
- Family
- Oleaceae
- Genus
- Forestiera
- Species
- Forestiera acuminata
- Scientific Name
- Forestiera acuminata
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Forestiera acuminata
Forestiera acuminata, commonly known as eastern swamp privet, is a deciduous shrub or small tree that is native to the southeastern and central United States, growing primarily in or near wetlands. It is especially common along the Mississippi Valley as far north as Illinois and Indiana, but found also across the South from eastern Texas to South Carolina. It grows in swamp forests as well as rocky edges of streams and ponds.
The species withstands flooding and its fruit is consumed by wild ducks.
...Forestiera acuminata in languages:
- English
- eastern swamp privet
- English
- Eastern Forestiera
- Russian
- Форестьера заострённая
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Forestiera acuminata
- Forestiera angustifolia
- Forestiera cartaginensis
- Forestiera corollata
- Forestiera durangensis
- Forestiera eggersiana
- Forestiera godfreyi
- Forestiera ligustrina
- Forestiera macrocarpa
- Forestiera phillyreoides
- Forestiera pubescens
- Forestiera racemosa
- Forestiera reticulata
- Forestiera rhamnifolia
- Forestiera rotundifolia
- Forestiera segregata
- Forestiera shrevei
- Forestiera tomentosa
- Forestiera veracruzana




























































































































































