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Elaeagnus pungens Thunb.
thorny olive
Symbol: ELPU2
Group: Dicot
Family: Elaeagnaceae
Growth Habit: Shrub
Duration: Perennial
U.S. Nativity: Introduced

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State Distributional Map for ELPU2
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Plant Distribution by State

Elaeagnus pungens Thunb.

ELPU2

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Virginia distribution information North Carolina distribution information Tennessee distribution information linked offsite at Univerity of Tennessee Herbarium South Carolina distribution information Florida distribution information linked offsite at USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants Georgia distribution information
Related Taxa:
Elaeagnus pungens Thunb.

View 3 genera in Elaeagnaceae, 5 species in Elaeagnus

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Classification:
Elaeagnus pungens Thunb.

Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the PLANTS Classification Report.
   
    Kingdom Plantae – Plants
       Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
          Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
             Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
                Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
                   Subclass Rosidae –
                      Order Rhamnales –
                         Family Elaeagnaceae – Oleaster family
                            Genus Elaeagnus L. – elaeagnus
                               Species Elaeagnus pungens Thunb. – thorny olive

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Invasive Information:
Elaeagnus pungens Thunb.
        thorny elaeagnus
        thorny olive
This plant is considered invasive by the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each invasive plant list, or click here for a composite list of Invasive Plants of the U.S.
FLEPPC   Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council. 1999. Invasive Plant List (http://www.fleppc.org/, October 19, 1999). Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council. Florida.
 
SEEPPC   Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council. 1996. Invasive Exotic Pest Plants in Tennessee (http://www.se-eppc.org/states/TN/TNIList.html, October 19, 1999). Research Committee of the Tennessee Exotic Pest Plant Council. Tennessee.
 

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Introduced Information:
Elaeagnus pungens Thunb.
This plant is introduced to the United States from another country or countries. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of U.S. introduced plants.

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Other Species Accounts and Images:
Elaeagnus pungens Thunb.

View species account from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.
View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).
View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 502223.
View photographs from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

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