Plants Profile for Olea europaea (olive)

General Information
Symbol:	OLEU
Group:	Dicot
Family:	Oleaceae
Duration:	Perennial
Growth Habit:	Shrub Tree
Native Status:	HI I 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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©Mark W. Skinner. Yugoslavia (Former). September 1, 1986. 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	Asteridae
Order	Scrophulariales
Family	Oleaceae – Olive family
Genus	Olea L. – olive
Species	Olea europaea L. – olive

Subordinate Taxa

The Plants Database includes the following 2 subspecies of Olea europaea . Click below on a thumbnail map or name for subspecies profiles.

Olea europaea ssp. cuspidata
African olive

Olea europaea ssp. europaea
European olive

Legal Status

U.S. Weed Information
Olea europaea 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.
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.
HEAR	USDI, Geological Survey. 1999. Information index for selected alien plants in Hawaii (20 October 2003). Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk Project, Biological Resources Division, Haleakala Field Station. Makawao, Hawaii.

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status