Ligustrum vulgare

ClassificationDicots
FamilyOleaceae
Family (Traditional)Oleaceae
GenusLigustrum
Species:Ligustrum vulgare L.
Common NameEuropean Privet; Common Privet
Growth Habitshrub
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Woody; Natural Area Presence: DRU; Natural Area Presence: GRSM; Natural Area Presence: SM; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: shrub; Region of Origin: Europe; Reproductive Phenology: April; Reproductive Phenology: May; Reproductive Phenology: June; Leaf Arrangement: opposite; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Persistance: Tardily Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: petiolate; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaf Venation: pinnate; Leaflet Number: 0; Base Flower Color: White; Fruit Dehiscence: No; Fruit Type: Drupe; Fruit Wet/Dry: Wet; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Pistil Number: 1; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 1
C value N/A
StatusNot Native; AGCP (UPL), EMP (FACU) (NWPL); TN[SNA] KY[SNA] (State Rank); GNR (Global Rank)
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** Not applicable or data not available.

Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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  • Counties
  • Counties - Species Present
Ecoregions
  • Southeastern Plains
    • Blackland Prarie
  • Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Ridge and Valley
  • Cumberland Plateau
  • Cumberland Mountains
  • Allegheny Plateau
  • Interior Plateau
    • Bluegrass Region
    • Nashville Basin
    • Pennyroyal Karst Plain
    • Western Highland Rim
    • Eastern Highland Rim

Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Anderson (KY), Bath (KY), Bell (KY), Campbell (KY), Clinton (KY), Fayette (KY), Jessamine (KY), Kenton (KY), Logan (KY), Lyon (KY), Mercer (KY), Nelson (KY), Shelby (KY), Trigg (KY), Davidson (TN), Jackson (TN), Obion (TN), Putnam (TN), Rutherford (TN), Shelby (TN), Warren (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, BEREA, EKY, HTTU, KNK, MEM, MTSU, SWMT, TENN, VDB

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1948 - 2014

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
TENN-V-0174870 Anderson Kentucky
TENN
Ligustrum vulgare
APSC0009136 Lyon Kentucky 19 May 1987 Edward Chester
APSC
Ligustrum vulgare
APSC0069620 Mercer Kentucky
APSC
Ligustrum vulgare
APSC0095761 Logan Kentucky 11 Aug 1988
APSC
Ligustrum vulgare
APSC0045453 Rutherford Tennessee
APSC
Ligustrum vulgare
APSC0108673 Shelby Kentucky
APSC
Ligustrum vulgare
HTTU010656 Warren Tennessee
HTTU
Ligustrum vulgare
HTTU010654 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Ligustrum vulgare
HTTU010657 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Ligustrum vulgare
HTTU010658 Tennessee
HTTU
Ligustrum vulgare
HTTU022086 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Ligustrum vulgare
MTSU019180 Rutherford Tennessee Euple Ann Gilbert
20
MTSU
Ligustrum vulgare
MTSU019218 Rutherford Tennessee 09 Oct 1983
MTSU
Ligustrum vulgare
MTSU024242 Davidson Tennessee 14 Oct 1979 Ann Arbuckle
50
MTSU
Ligustrum vulgare
MTSU019176 Rutherford Tennessee 14 Oct 2001 Dwayne Estes
03002
MTSU
Ligustrum vulgare
MTSU019177 Rutherford Tennessee 20 Oct 2000 Angela Cathey
98
MTSU
Ligustrum vulgare
SWMT03416 Tennessee 04 May 1948 Jean Ellingson
SWMT
Ligustrum vulgare
MEM009164 Shelby Tennessee 22 May 1971 John E. Thompson Jr.
188
MEM
Ligustrum vulgare
BRIT530424 Rutherford Tennessee 31 May 2002 Dwayne Estes
03377
VDB
Ligustrum vulgare
MTSU019217 Rutherford Tennessee 02 Sep 1984 Wayne Price
22
MTSU
Ligustrum vulgare
MTSU019224 Rutherford Tennessee 13 Oct 1991 Hope Dodson
87
MTSU
Ligustrum vulgare
MTSU019178 Rutherford Tennessee 06 Sep 1998 Sherry Prayter
3
MTSU
Ligustrum vulgare
MTSU019220 Rutherford Tennessee 01 Nov 1983 Michael Kittrell
26
MTSU
Ligustrum vulgare
MTSU019219 Rutherford Tennessee 26 Nov 1983 Richard O'Bryan
53
MTSU
Ligustrum vulgare
MTSU019223 Rutherford Tennessee Thomas A. Searson
39
MTSU
Ligustrum vulgare
MTSU019225 Rutherford Tennessee 25 Oct 1991 Lisa Wilson
81
MTSU
Ligustrum vulgare
MTSU019222 Davidson Tennessee 07 Oct 1988 Guy Murphree
30
MTSU
Ligustrum vulgare
MTSU019221 Rutherford Tennessee 23 Apr 2012 Timothy Gassler
40
MTSU
Ligustrum vulgare
MTSU019179 Rutherford Tennessee Euple Ann Gilbert
19
MTSU
Ligustrum vulgare
SWMT03419 Shelby Tennessee 02 May 1975 James H. Graves
SWMT
Ligustrum vulgare
SWMT03418 Shelby Tennessee 14 May 1975 James H. Graves
SWMT
Ligustrum vulgare
MEM016630 Obion Tennessee 26 Jun 1980 Vernon Bates
1072
MEM
Ligustrum vulgare
MEM000912 Shelby Tennessee 08 May 1966 Natalie Howard
106
MEM
Ligustrum vulgare
31234100552304 Mercer Kentucky 01 Jun 1984 J. Campbell
EKY
Ligustrum vulgare
31234100552296 Fayette Kentucky 1997-Not shown-Not shown Danny Husband
490
EKY
Ligustrum vulgare
N/A Clinton Kentucky 03 Jul 2000 Mark A. Gorton
00-402
EKY
Ligustrum vulgare
BEREA017183 Bell Kentucky
BEREA
Ligustrum vulgare
31973000016568 Campbell Kentucky
KNK
Ligustrum vulgare
31973000007891 Campbell Kentucky 31 May 2014 Conley, Justin
2014-0017
KNK
Ligustrum vulgare
31973000016567 Kenton Kentucky
KNK
Ligustrum vulgare
31973000016561 Campbell Kentucky
KNK
Ligustrum vulgare
TENN-V-0174871 Bath Kentucky
TENN
Ligustrum vulgare
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Ligustrum vulgare - Tara Littlefield
Ligustrum vulgare - Tara Littlefield