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Buckthorn Bully

Sideroxylon lycioides

Field notes

Sideroxylon lycioides, the buckthorn bully, is a small tree in the family Sapotaceae. It is widely distributed in the southeastern United States from Texas to southeast Virginia.

The fruit pulp is thin but edible and consumed by birds. Livestock browse the plant's foliage.

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4 native animals
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Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Trees
Plant type
Shrub Tree

From NC State Extension and USDA PLANTS.