Russian olive
InvasiveElaeagnus angustifolia
Oleaster (Elaeagnaceae) · Invasive · 15–30 ft
Knowing it
Silvery narrow leaves and thorny twigs, scattered along streams and roadsides, more in the northern and western counties.
What a tree company sees
Thorny; cut and treat.
Recorded in 12 counties
- Boone County
- Cole County
- Crawford County
- Jasper County
- Lawrence County
- Lincoln County
- Macon County
- Newton County
- Reynolds County
- St. Clair County
- St. Louis City
- St. Louis County
From GBIF occurrence records. No record does not mean absent.