Thorny-Olive is an evergreen large shrub or small tree from Japan with thick, coriaceous leaves and spiny twigs.
Carteret Co., NC 9/28/2008.
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| Thorny-Olive is an evergreen large shrub or small tree from Japan with thick, coriaceous leaves and spiny twigs. Carteret Co., NC 9/28/2008. |
| Slightly less invasive, at present, than the noxious weed Autumn-Olive (E. umbellata). Thorny-Olive blooms in the fall and fruit ripens in spring, unlike Autumn-Olive, which blooms in spring and fruits in the fall. |
| The leaf undersides are scurfy, with rusty-brown and silvery scales. |
| Bark detail. |
More information:
Exotic Pest Plants of Southeastern Forests
Floridata
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