California privet USDA PLANTS Symbol: LIOV
U.S. Nativity: Exotic
Habit: Shrub or Subshrub Hardwood Trees
Ligustrum ovalifolium Hassk.

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Taxonomic Rank: Magnoliopsida: Scrophulariales: Oleaceae
Native Range: Japan, So. Korea (GRIN);

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Flower(s); and foliage
Leslie J. Mehrhoff, University of Connecticut, Bugwood.org
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Flower(s);
Leslie J. Mehrhoff, University of Connecticut, Bugwood.org
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EDDMapS Distribution:
This map is incomplete and is based only on current site and county level reports made by experts and records obtained from USDA Plants Database. For more information, visit www.eddmaps.org
 


State(s) Where Reported invasive.
Based on state level agency and organization lists of invasive plants from WeedUS database.

Native Alternatives:
Agarista populifolia (Florida hobblebush)
Arctostaphylos columbiana (hairy manzanita)
Arctostaphylos patula (greenleaf manzanita)
Ceanothus velutinus (snowbrush ceanothus)
Forestiera acuminata (eastern swampprivet)
Forestiera pubescens var. pubescens (stretchberry)
Illicium floridanum (Florida anisetree)
Ilex glabra (inkberry)
Lindera benzoin (northern spicebush)
Lithocarpus densiflorus (tanoak)
Morella californica (California wax myrtle)
Morella cerifera (wax myrtle)
Osmanthus americanus (devilwood)
Photinia melanocarpa (black chokeberry)
Photinia pyrifolia (red chokeberry)
Prunus caroliniana (Carolina laurelcherry)
Viburnum prunifolium (blackhaw)


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Invasive Listing Sources:
Connecticut Invasive Plant Working Group
Mid-Atlantic Exotic Pest Plant Council, 2005
Reichard, Sarah. 1994.  Assessing the potential of invasiveness in woody plants introduced in North America. University of Washington Ph.D. dissertation.