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Alberta Invasive Plant Identification Guide

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Jeffery Pippen www.duke.edu/~jspippen/plants/elaeagnus.htm www.ct-botanical-society.org/galleries/elaeagnusumbe.html<br />

Autumn Olive<br />

Elaeagnus umbellate, Elaeagnaceae<br />

Category: Prohibited Noxious<br />

Information: Tolerant of a wide range of conditions.<br />

Life Cycle: Perennial shrub.<br />

Root: Nitrogen fixing, woody root.<br />

Leaves: Simple, alternate, silver-grey color, wavy leaf margins.<br />

Stems: Multi-stems, up 6m tall.<br />

www.ct-botanical-society.org/galleries/elaeagnusumbe.html<br />

Flower: Tube/bell shaped, fragrant, creamy white to yellow flowers.<br />

Seed/Fruits: Small, fleshy, red, egg shaped with scales.<br />

Control: Manual (hand pull seedlings), mechanical, chemical.<br />

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Jeffery Pippen www.duke.edu/~jspippen/plants/elaeagnus.htm<br />

Jeffery Pippen www.duke.edu/~jspippen/plants/elaeagnus.htm

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