Plants Profile for Elaeagnus pungens (thorny olive)

General Information
Symbol:	ELPU2
Group:	Dicot
Family:	Elaeagnaceae
Duration:	Perennial
Growth Habit:	Shrub
Native Status:	L48 I
Data Source and Documentation

	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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©James H. Miller. James H. Miller and Karl V. Miller. 2005. Forest plants of the southeast and their wildlife uses. University of Georgia Press., Athens. Provided by University of Georgia Press. Scanned by Forestry Images. Usage Requirements.

©Ted Bodner. James H. Miller and Karl V. Miller. 2005. Forest plants of the southeast and their wildlife uses. University of Georgia Press., Athens. Provided by University of Georgia Press. Scanned by Forestry Images. Usage Requirements.

Synonyms

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 pungens Thunb. – thorny olive

Subordinate Taxa

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Legal Status

U.S. Weed Information
Elaeagnus pungens thorny elaeagnus thorny olive 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.
FLEPPC	Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council. 1999. Invasive plant list. Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council. Florida.
SEEPPC	Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council. 1996. Invasive exotic pest plants in Tennessee (19 October 1999). Research Committee of the Tennessee Exotic Pest Plant Council. Tennessee.

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status

Related Links

More Accounts and Images
ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (ELPU2)
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ELPU2)
USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (ELPU2)
USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants (ELPU2)
University of Tennessee Herbarium (Distribution) (ELPU2)

Related Websites
Invasive Plant Atlas of the Midsouth (IPAMS) (ELPU2)

Wildlife

Food

Source	Large Mammals	Small Mammals	Water Birds	Terrestrial Birds
Miller	Minor	Low		Low

Cover

Source	Large Mammals	Small Mammals	Water Birds	Terrestrial Birds
Miller		Moderate		Moderate

Sources

Miller, J.H., and K.V. Miller. 1999. Forest plants of the southeast and their wildlife uses. Southern Weed Science Society.

Description of Values