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Elaeagnus angustifolia

Elaeagnus multiflora

Russian-olive
Habit Spreading tree 3-8 m. tall, the branches and trunk armed with 2-6 cm. thorns; young bark shiny brown, old bark gray.
Leaves

Leaves alternate, linear, 3-7 cm. long, covered with minute scales which give the foliage a silvery appearance.

Flowers

Flowers 1 or more in the leaf axils, perfect, pale yellow;

calyx tubular, 4-lobed;

petals none;

stamens 4, borne near the top of the calyx tube;

pistil 1-carpellary, the style short.

Fruits

Fruit drupe-like, olive-shaped, gray, drying brown.

Elaeagnus angustifolia

Elaeagnus multiflora
Flowering time May-July
Habitat Weedy escape, especially in riparian areas; often planted historically as a windbreak.
Distribution
Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east across North America to the Atlantic Coast.
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Origin Introduced from Eurasia
Conservation status Not of concern
Sibling taxa
E. commutata, E. umbellata
E. angustifolia, E. commutata, E. umbellata
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