North Carolina Wildflowers, Shrubs, & Trees

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Eleagnaceae
	Autumn-olive (Eleagnus umbellata) Orange Co., NC4/17/2006 This exotic species (native to Asia) has become a serious ecological pest, displacing native vegetation.
	Autumn-olive (Eleagnus umbellata) Orange Co., NC4/17/2006 With fragrant spring flowers Autumn-olive frequently attract butterflies. Fruits ripen in the fall. Note the tiny glands covering the leaves.

Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.