OLEACEAE - - Olive Family

* Ligustrum sinense Loureiro — Chinese Privet

* Non-native. Native of China.

Habitat:

Moist forests, especially alluvial bottomlands; native of China. This species is one of the most noxious of all our weeds, choking out native vegetation. The rapidity with which it has engulfed southern wetlands is hinted at by Small's (1933) mention of it only as "an escape in southern Louisiana.”

Habitat information from:
Weakley, Alan S., Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States, Working Draft of 21 May 2015.

Kartesz, J.T., The Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2015. North American Plant Atlas. (http://bonap.net/napa). Chapel Hill, N.C. [maps generated from Kartesz, J.T. 2015. Floristic Synthesis of North America, Version 1.0. Biota of North America Program (BONAP). (in press)].