Ligustrum obtusifolium

Characteristics
Ligustrum obtusifolium Siebold & Zucc. var. obtusifolium
border privet
Forests, floodplain forests, forest edges, thickets, hedgerows, fields, and disturbed soils. Mostly in weedy disturbed or successional forests and fields but also getting into more pristine or high quality forests. By far the most commonly naturalized privet in New York and invasive.
Shrub
Perennial
Vascular
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Not Native Naturalized SNA (State Rank) GNR (Global Rank)
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Classification
Eudicots
Lamiales
Ligustrum obtusifolium Siebold & Zucc. var. obtusifolium - border privet
Citation
Ligustrum obtusifolium Siebold & Zucc. var. obtusifolium
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Species Distribution Map

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Plant Photos
Photo by: Andrew Nelson - Rice Creek Field Sta., SUNY Oswego Photo taken: Oswego County, NY: 28 Jun 2002 - 1
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Photo by: Andrew Nelson - Rice Creek Field Sta., SUNY Oswego Photo taken: Oswego County, NY: 28 Jun 2002 - 1
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Photo by: Andrew Nelson - Rice Creek Field Sta., SUNY Oswego Photo taken: Oswego County, NY: 11 Mar 2003 - 1
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Photo by: Andrew Nelson - Rice Creek Field Sta., SUNY Oswego Photo taken: Oswego County, NY: 11 Sep 2007 - 1
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Photo by: Andrew Nelson - Rice Creek Field Sta., SUNY Oswego Photo taken: Oswego County, NY: 11 Sep 2007 - 1
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Photo by: Andrew Nelson - Rice Creek Field Sta., SUNY Oswego Photo taken: Oswego County, NY: 22 Oct 2007 - 1
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Photo by: Andrew Nelson - Rice Creek Field Sta., SUNY Oswego Photo taken: Oswego County, NY: 20 Oct 2008 - 1
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Photo by: Kimberly J. Smith - NYNHP/OPRHP. Photo taken: Niagara CO., NY: 29 Jun 2011 - 5
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Photo by: Kyle J. Webster. Photo taken: Wayne County, NY: 31 July 2021 -
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Photo by: Kyle J. Webster. Photo taken: Wayne County, NY: 31 July 2021 -
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Photo by: Kyle J. Webster. Photo taken: Wayne County, NY: 31 July 2021 -
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Photo by: Kyle J. Webster. Photo taken: Wayne County, NY: 31 July 2021 -
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