Forestiera ligustrina

Classification	Dicots
Family	Oleaceae
Family (Traditional)	Oleaceae
Genus	Forestiera
Species:	Forestiera ligustrina (Michx.) Poir.
Common Name	Upland Swamp Privet
Growth Habit	shrub
Plant Notes	**
Characteristics	Armaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Woody; Natural Area Presence: GILES; Natural Area Presence: LC; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: shrub; Moisture Requirements: Xeric; Moisture Requirements: Sub-xeric; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Moisture Requirements: Mesic; Region of Origin: North America; Leaf Arrangement: opposite; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: petiolate; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaf Venation: pinnate; Leaflet Margins: serrulate; Leaflet Number: 0; Base Flower Color: Green; Base Flower Color: Yellow; Fruit Dehiscence: No; Fruit Type: Drupe; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A
C value	8
Status	Native; AGCP (FAC), EMP (FAC) (NWPL); TN[SNR] KY[S2S3] (State Rank); G4G5 (Global Rank)
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** Not applicable or data not available.

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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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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

Interior River Valleys and Hills
- Shawnee / Caseyville Hills
Mississippi Alluvial Plain
Mississippi Valley Loess Plains
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Synonyms

Synonym	Full Citation
Forestiera lingustrina	Forestiera lingustrina (Michx.) Poir.

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: Logan (KY), Simpson (KY), Warren (KY), Bedford (TN), Cheatham (TN), Davidson (TN), DeKalb (TN), Dickson (TN), Franklin (TN), Giles (TN), Hickman (TN), Lawrence (TN), Lewis (TN), Lincoln (TN), Marshall (TN), Maury (TN), Perry (TN), Rutherford (TN), Smith (TN), White (TN), Williamson (TN), Wilson (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, EKY, HTTU, MEM, MTSU, TENN, UCHT, UOS

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1968 - 2015

Accession No. (click for full details)	County	State	Coll. Date	Collector & Collection No.	Herbarium & Herbarium Name Used
31234100545217	Franklin	Tennessee	30 Jul 1988	Henry R. DeSelm	EKY Forestiera ligustrina
TENN-V-0174468	Marshall	Tennessee			TENN Forestiera ligustrina
TENN-V-0174461	Giles	Tennessee			TENN Forestiera ligustrina
TENN-V-0174470	Marshall	Tennessee			TENN Forestiera ligustrina
TENN-V-0174452	Davidson	Tennessee			TENN Forestiera ligustrina
TENN-V-0176284	Wilson	Tennessee			TENN Forestiera ligustrina
TENN-V-0174474	Rutherford	Tennessee			TENN Forestiera ligustrina
TENN-V-0174459	Giles	Tennessee			TENN Forestiera ligustrina
TENN-V-0174463	Lawrence	Tennessee			TENN Forestiera ligustrina
TENN-V-0174464	Lewis	Tennessee			TENN Forestiera ligustrina
TENN-V-0174477	Rutherford	Tennessee			TENN Forestiera ligustrina
TENN-V-0174469	Marshall	Tennessee			TENN Forestiera ligustrina
TENN-V-0174487	Wilson	Tennessee			TENN Forestiera ligustrina
APSC0069860	Simpson	Kentucky	24 Apr 1982	Max Medley	APSC Forestiera ligustrina
APSC0118675	DeKalb	Tennessee			APSC Forestiera ligustrina
TENN-V-0174467	Lincoln	Tennessee			TENN Forestiera ligustrina
TENN-V-0174484	Wilson	Tennessee			TENN Forestiera ligustrina
TENN-V-0174475	Rutherford	Tennessee			TENN Forestiera ligustrina
TENN-V-0174450	Cheatham	Tennessee			TENN Forestiera ligustrina
TENN-V-0174447	Bedford	Tennessee			TENN Forestiera ligustrina
TENN-V-0174454	Dickson	Tennessee			TENN Forestiera ligustrina
UCHT023133	Williamson	Tennessee			UCHT Forestiera ligustrina
APSC0045316	Logan	Kentucky	20 Aug 2015	Mason Brock	APSC Forestiera ligustrina
APSC0048926	Franklin	Tennessee			APSC Forestiera ligustrina
APSC0096818	Logan	Kentucky	03 Jul 1977	Raymond Athey	APSC Forestiera ligustrina
APSC0096821	Warren	Kentucky			APSC Forestiera ligustrina
TENN-V-0174482	White	Tennessee			TENN Forestiera ligustrina
TENN-V-0174481	Smith	Tennessee			TENN Forestiera ligustrina
TENN-V-0174471	Maury	Tennessee			TENN Forestiera ligustrina
TENN-V-0174458	Franklin	Tennessee			TENN Forestiera ligustrina
APSC0097632	Logan	Kentucky	10 Mar 1997		APSC Forestiera ligustrina
APSC0096817	Simpson	Kentucky	09 Apr 1990	Kenneth Nicely	APSC Forestiera ligustrina
APSC0108501	Warren	Kentucky			APSC Forestiera ligustrina
APSC0045448	Perry	Tennessee			APSC Forestiera ligustrina
APSC0108500	Warren	Kentucky			APSC Forestiera ligustrina
HTTU010600	Wilson	Tennessee			HTTU Forestiera ligustrina
MTSU019022	Rutherford	Tennessee	13 Oct 2004	Jake A. Pruett 18	MTSU Forestiera ligustrina
UOS04500	Franklin	Tennessee	10 Jul 2008	Jon Evans	UOS Forestiera ligustrina
TENN-V-0174460	Giles	Tennessee			TENN Forestiera ligustrina
TENN-V-0174476	Rutherford	Tennessee			TENN Forestiera ligustrina
TENN-V-0174451	Davidson	Tennessee			TENN Forestiera ligustrina
TENN-V-0174449	Cheatham	Tennessee			TENN Forestiera ligustrina
TENN-V-0174472	Maury	Tennessee			TENN Forestiera ligustrina
TENN-V-0174455	Franklin	Tennessee			TENN Forestiera ligustrina
APSC0096820	Simpson	Kentucky	19 Aug 1968	Howard Elmore	APSC Forestiera ligustrina
APSC0108487	Simpson	Kentucky	20 Aug 1978	Max Medley	APSC Forestiera ligustrina
APSC0096819	Simpson	Kentucky	12 Jun 1990		APSC Forestiera ligustrina
TENN-V-0174453	DeKalb	Tennessee			TENN Forestiera ligustrina
TENN-V-0210237	Davidson	Tennessee		A. Gattinger	TENN Forestiera ligustrina
TENN-V-0210236	Davidson	Tennessee		A. Gattinger	TENN Forestiera ligustrina
TENN-V-0174485	Wilson	Tennessee			TENN Forestiera ligustrina
TENN-V-0174462	Giles	Tennessee			TENN Forestiera ligustrina
TENN-V-0174465	Lincoln	Tennessee			TENN Forestiera ligustrina
APSC0009207	Giles	Tennessee			APSC Forestiera ligustrina
APSC0045446	Hickman	Tennessee			APSC Forestiera ligustrina
APSC0110051	Davidson	Tennessee			APSC Forestiera ligustrina
MTSU019024	Marshall	Tennessee	22 Oct 2000	Jerry Gragg 78	MTSU Forestiera ligustrina
MTSU023875	Rutherford	Tennessee			MTSU Forestiera ligustrina
31234100545191	Cheatham	Tennessee	24 Apr 1977	Ronald L. Jones 1792	EKY Forestiera ligustrina
TENN-V-0174480	Rutherford	Tennessee			TENN Forestiera ligustrina
APSC0108122	Wilson	Tennessee			APSC Forestiera ligustrina
APSC0105224	Wilson	Tennessee			APSC Forestiera ligustrina
APSC0051926	Logan	Kentucky	10 Oct 1984	John Macgregor	APSC Forestiera ligustrina
APSC0096822	Warren	Kentucky			APSC Forestiera ligustrina
MTSU018974	Williamson	Tennessee	30 Sep 1986	Scott Taylor 91	MTSU Forestiera lingustrina
MTSU019018	Rutherford	Tennessee	07 Sep 2008	Rebecca Houser 3	MTSU Forestiera ligustrina
MTSU019019	Rutherford	Tennessee	15 Nov 2003	Emily Drury 23	MTSU Forestiera ligustrina
31234100545225	Franklin	Tennessee	17 Sep 1987	Henry R. DeSelm	EKY Forestiera ligustrina
31234100545233	Wilson	Tennessee	20 Aug 1980	Richard H. Hannan 5134	EKY Forestiera ligustrina
TENN-V-0174473	Maury	Tennessee			TENN Forestiera ligustrina
TENN-V-0174457	Franklin	Tennessee			TENN Forestiera ligustrina
TENN-V-0174456	Franklin	Tennessee			TENN Forestiera ligustrina
TENN-V-0174466	Lincoln	Tennessee			TENN Forestiera ligustrina
TENN-V-0174448	Cheatham	Tennessee			TENN Forestiera ligustrina
TENN-V-0174478	Rutherford	Tennessee			TENN Forestiera ligustrina
TENN-V-0210238		Tennessee	july	A. Gattinger	TENN Forestiera ligustrina
APSC0069856	Simpson	Kentucky	24 Apr 1982	Max Medley	APSC Forestiera ligustrina
MEM012241	Logan	Kentucky		Elizabeth M. Browne, Edward T. Browne Jr.	MEM Forestiera ligustrina
HTTU010602	Wilson	Tennessee			HTTU Forestiera ligustrina
UCHT035465	Williamson	Tennessee			UCHT Forestiera ligustrina
31234100545209	Davidson	Tennessee	25 Jul 1997	Timothy J. Weckman 3675	EKY Forestiera ligustrina
TENN-V-0174486	Wilson	Tennessee			TENN Forestiera ligustrina
TENN-V-0174479	Rutherford	Tennessee			TENN Forestiera ligustrina
TENN-V-0174483	Williamson	Tennessee			TENN Forestiera ligustrina
APSC0074829	Warren	Kentucky	04 Aug 1988	Kenneth Nicely	APSC Forestiera ligustrina
APSC0067468	Warren	Kentucky	08 Oct 1986	Max Medley	APSC Forestiera ligustrina
APSC0036333	Cheatham	Tennessee			APSC Forestiera ligustrina
HTTU010601	Wilson	Tennessee			HTTU Forestiera ligustrina
MTSU019025	Rutherford	Tennessee	24 Sep 2006	Shea Cofer 5	MTSU Forestiera ligustrina
MTSU019020	Rutherford	Tennessee	24 Oct 1979	K. Blum 67	MTSU Forestiera ligustrina
MTSU019026	Rutherford	Tennessee	06 Oct 2005	Dava Conway 92	MTSU Forestiera ligustrina
MTSU019023	Rutherford	Tennessee	03 Oct 2002	Dwayne Coleman 103	MTSU Forestiera ligustrina

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