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  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Mints, Plantains, Olives, and Allies
  6. Olive Family
  7. Swampprivets

genus

Swampprivets

Forestiera

Traits
Includes
7 native 2 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Downy Forestiera native
  • Florida Forestiera native
  • Narrowleaf Forestiera native
  • Southern Glade Forestiera native
  • Eastern Swamp Forestiera native
  • Netleaf Forestiera native
  • Desert-olive present
  • Inkbush
  • Desert-olive
  • Godfrey's Forestiera native
  • Forestiera rhamnifolia
  • Central American Olive

Range

United States

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

Key traits

Layer
Trees
Plant type
Perennial Shrub Tree

From USDA PLANTS.

Top native swampprivets All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

  • Downy Forestiera Forestiera pubescens caterpillars 2 food 4 flowers 14
  • Narrowleaf Forestiera Forestiera angustifolia caterpillars 2 food 2
  • Florida Forestiera Forestiera segregata caterpillars 1 flowers 1
  • Eastern Swamp Forestiera Forestiera acuminata food 1
  • Southern Glade Forestiera Forestiera ligustrina flowers 1
  • Netleaf Forestiera Forestiera reticulata
  • Godfrey's Forestiera Forestiera godfreyi

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