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About
Autumn Olive Trees: The Autumn Olive tree is a deciduous
shrub or small tree, Leaves are alternate, oval to lanceolate, and
untoothed. The underside of the dark green leaf is covered with silver-white
scales. The plant may grow to a height of 20 feet. The small, light
yellow flowers are borne along twigs after the leaves have appeared
early in the growing season. The small, round, juicy fruits are reddish
to pink, dotted with scales, and produced in great quantity.
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Autumn
Olive picture
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Autumn Olive Tree Facts |
| Scientific
Name: |
Elaeagnus
umbellate
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| Foliage: |
Silver
Gray Leaves
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| Mature
Height: |
15-30
Feet
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| Mature
Spread: |
20-30
Feet
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| Soil: |
sandy,
clay, loam
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| Zones: |
3-8
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| Moisture: |
low
to moderate
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Autumn
olive is easily confused with a closely related species, the Russian
olive.Autumn olive has nitrogen-fixing root nodules which allow
it to thrive in poor soils. Typical habitats are disturbed areas,
roadsides, pastures and fields in a wide range of soils. Autumn
olive is drought tolerant. It does not do well on wet sites or in
densely forested areas. Russian olive can be found in dry to moist
soils, but does particularly well in sandy flood plains.
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