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InvasiveLigustrum sinense
Olive (Oleaceae) · Invasive · 10–20 ft
Knowing it
Semi-evergreen hedge shrub with small opposite leaves and blue-black berries, forming thickets in bottomland woods, worst in the southern counties.
What a tree company sees
Dense thickets; cut and treat stumps.
Recorded in 27 counties
- Barry County
- Benton County
- Butler County
- Cedar County
- Cole County
- Dunklin County
- Greene County
- Howell County
- Iron County
- Jasper County
- Jefferson County
- Johnson County
- Laclede County
- McDonald County
- New Madrid County
- Newton County
- Oregon County
- Pemiscot County
- Phelps County
- Ripley County
- Scott County
- St. Francois County
- St. Louis City
- St. Louis County
- Stoddard County
- Stone County
- Taney County
From GBIF occurrence records. No record does not mean absent.