Plants Profile for Elaeagnus angustifolia (Russian olive)

General Information
Symbol:	ELAN
Group:	Dicot
Family:	Elaeagnaceae
Duration:	Perennial
Growth Habit:	Shrub Tree
Native Status:	CAN I L48 I
Other Common Names:	oleaster trebizond-date
Characteristics
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	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

Native Status:

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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©J.S. Peterson. USDA NRCS National Plant Data Center (NPDC). United States, UT, Sevier Co., Fish Lake National Forest. July 15, 2001. Usage Requirements.

Herman, D.E., et al. 1996. North Dakota tree handbook. USDA NRCS ND State Soil Conservation Committee; NDSU Extension and Western Area Power Administration, Bismarck. Provided by ND State Soil Conservation Committee. Provided by USDA NRCS Bismarck PMC (NDPMC). United States, ND. Usage Requirements.

Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. Russian Federation, Tiflis. Usage Requirements.

Provided by USDA Forest Service. Usage Requirements.

Synonyms

Symbol	Scientific Name
ELANO2	Elaeagnus angustifolia L. var. orientalis (L.) Kuntze

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
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. – oleaster
Species	Elaeagnus angustifolia L. – Russian olive

Subordinate Taxa

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Legal Status

Noxious Weed Information
This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete noxious weed list for that location, or click here for a composite list of all Federal and State Noxious Weeds.
Colorado Russian-olive B list (noxious weeds)
Connecticut Russian olive Potentially invasive, banned
New Mexico Russian olive Class C noxious weed

U.S. Weed Information
Elaeagnus angustifolia Russian olive oleaster This plant can be weedy or invasive according to 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 weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.
STATE	Assorted authors. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
Cal-IPC	California Invasive Plant Council. 2006. California Invasive Plant Inventory. Cal-IPC Publication 2006-02 (1 February 2007). California Invasive Plant Council. Berkeley, California.
NE&GP	Stubbendieck, J., G.Y. Friisoe,and M.R. Bolick. 1994. Weeds of Nebraska and the Great Plains. Nebraska Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Lincoln, Nebraska.
WI	Hoffman, R.and K. Kearns (eds.). 1997. Wisconsin manual of control recommendations for ecologically invasive plants. Wisconsin Dept. Natural Resources. Madison, Wisconsin.
WSWS	Whitson, T.D. (ed.) et al.. 1996. Weeds of the West. Western Society of Weed Science in cooperation with Cooperative Extension Services, University of Wyoming. Laramie, Wyoming.

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status

North America
Arid West	FAC
Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain	FACU
Eastern Mountains and Piedmont	FACU
Great Plains	FACU
Midwest	FACU
Northcentral & Northeast	FACU
Western Mountains, Valleys, and Coast	FAC