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  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Roses, Elms, Figs, and Allies
  6. Oleaster Family
  7. Oleasters

genus

Oleasters

Elaeagnus

Traits
Includes
1 native 5 introduced 1 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Autumn Olive introduced
  • Russian Olive introduced
  • Thorny Olive introduced
  • Silverberry native
  • Elaeagnus reflexa introduced
  • Elaeagnus oldhamii
  • Scrambling Oleaster present
  • Cherry Oleaster introduced
  • Broad-leaved Oleaster
  • Elaeagnus formosana
  • Millaa-Millaa Vine
  • Ebbinge's Silverberry

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 oleasters All

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

  • Silverberry Elaeagnus commutata caterpillars 5 food 2 flowers 22

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