BCP/Elaeagnus umbellata
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Elaeagnus umbellata
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| Profile for Elaeagnus umbellata (Autumn Olive)
| Identifying Characteristics |
| Habit: | Shrub | | Flowers: | The flowers are clustered 1-7 together in the leaf axils, fragrant, with a four-lobed pale yellowish-white 1 cm long corolla. | | Foliage: | The leaves are alternate, 4-10 cm long and 2-4 cm wide, entire but with a waved margin they are silvery when they leaf out early in spring due to numerous tiny, scales, but turning greener above as the silvery scales wear off through the summer | | Stem: | 4-10 m tall | | Scent: | fragrant | | Growing Conditions: | Because airborne nitrogen can be fixed in its roots, it has the capability to grow in infertile habitats. | | Fruit: | The fruit is round to oval drupe 1 cm long, silvery-scaled orange ripening red dotted with silver or brown. When ripe, the fruit is juicy and edible. It is small, extremely numerous, tart-tasting, and it has a chewable seed. | | Life Cycle: | Perennial | | Similar Plants: | Elaeagnus angustifolia |
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New Hampshire: May, June
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