Forestiera acuminata

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Species Distribution Map
Family:OLEACEAE
Species:Forestiera acuminata (Michx.) Poir.
Common Name:Eastern Swamp Privet
Habitat:Damp soils of wooded floodplains.
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Tree
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:**
Plant Notes:Eastern Swamp Privet is a native deciduous shrub in the Olive family (Oleaceae). It can be found throughout Alabama. Eastern Swamp Privet occurs on the floodplains of large rivers in areas subject to prolonged flooding. It is a large shrub or small tree. Young stems are slender, glabrous, gray or light brown in color, with round white lenticels and U-shaped bundle scars. Older stems and the trunk have thin, gray, warty bark. Leaves are opposite, petiolate, obovate to rhombic in outline, with entire or serrate margins. The leaves taper to a long tip. Eastern Swamp Privet is either dioecious (male and female flowers on separate plants) or monoecious with separate male and female flowers on the same plant. The flowers occur at the leaf scars along the stem and are produced before the leaves emerge in the early spring. The flowers lack petals and sepals. The conspicuous male flowers are sessile with yellow anthers. The female flowers are in short panicles and are greenish and inconspicuous. The fruit is a purple-black drupe. The fruit of Eastern Swamp Privet is consumed by birds and small mammals. It is sometimes available from native plant nurseries. It requires saturated soils and will not tolerate drying out. It is sometimes used for streambank stabilization and restoration—A. Diamond.
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native, OBL (NWI)
References:**
Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyOLEACEAE - Olive family
Genus Forestiera
Species Forestiera acuminata (Michx.) Poir. - Eastern Swamp Privet

Citation

Citation Forestiera acuminata (Michaux) Poiret, Encycl., Suppl. 2(2): 664. 1812.
Basionym: Adelia acuminata Michx. 1803.
Type: "Eastern Texas and Western Louisiana", without data, Buckley s.n. (holotype: PH).

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Borya acuminata Borya acuminata (Michaux) Willdenow, Sp. Pl. 4: 711. 1806.Adelia acuminata Michaux 1803. 
Carpoxis spinosa Carpoxis spinosa Rafinesque, New Fl. 3: 92. 1838 ("1836"), nom. illegit.Adelia acuminata Michaux 1803. 
Forestiera acuminata var. vestita Forestiera acuminata (Michaux) Poiret, var. vestita E. J. Palmer, J. Arnold Arbor. 4: 29. 1923. ARKANSAS: Miller Co.: Without locality, 27 Apr 1905, Bush 2468 (holotype: A).
Forestiera nitida Forestiera nitida Rafinesque, New Fl. 3: 91. 1838 ("1836").  
Adelia acuminata Adelia acuminata Michaux, Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 225, t. 48. 1803.  

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; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Autauga, Baldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Dallas, Elmore, Greene, Lamar, Limestone, Madison, Mobile, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Tuscaloosa, Washington, Wilcox

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AUA, JSU, SAMF, TROY, UNA, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1971 - 1980

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
UWAL0045666 Baldwin 28 Oct 2018 Horne, Howard E.
4688		 UWAL
Forestiera acuminata (Michaux) Poiret
AUA_ACC_37001 Clarke 17 Mar 1981 O'Halloran, K.
1		 AUA
Forestiera Acuminata (Michx.) Poir.
JSU134551 Monroe 1 Nov 1997 Whetstone, R. David
19097		 JSU
Forestiera acuminata (Michaux) Poiret
JSU134550 Lamar 22 Oct 1976 Kral, Robert
59436		 JSU
Forestiera acuminata (Michaux) Poiret
JSU134553 Washington 13 Sep 1997 Whetstone, R. David
18690		 JSU
Forestiera acuminata (Michaux) Poiret
UNA00041099 Limestone 18 Jul 1980 Meigs, Russell A.
1039		 UNA
Forestiera acuminata (Michx.) Poir.
TROY000050162 Elmore 27 May 2020 Diamond, Alvin R.
29313		 TROY
Forestiera acuminata (Michaux) Poiret
UWAL0015309 Clarke 24 Mar 2004 Keener, Brian R.
2980		 UWAL
Forestiera acuminata (Michx.) Poir.
TROY000049147 Clarke 24 Mar 2004 Keener, Brian R.
2980		 TROY
Forestiera acuminata (Michaux) Poiret
UWAL0039681 Washington 07 Jun 2018 Diamond, Alvin R.
28344		 UWAL
Forestiera acuminata (Michx.) Poiret
UWAL0030324 Dallas 15 Jul 2014 Webb, Wayne K.
s.n.		 UWAL
Forestiera acuminata (Michaux) Poiret
TROY000042868 Dallas 15 Jul 2014 Webb, Wayne K.
s.n.		 TROY
Forestiera acuminata (Michaux) Poiret
UWAL0015307 Clarke 24 Mar 2004 Keener, Brian R.
2979		 UWAL
Forestiera acuminata (Michx.) Poir.
UWAL0005392 Wilcox 12 May 2011 Diamond, Alvin R.
22076		 UWAL
Forestiera acuminata (Michaux) Poiret
JSU134549 Clarke 31 Oct 1997 Whetstone, R. David
18964		 JSU
Forestiera acuminata (Michaux) Poiret
TROY000050149 Montgomery 20 Jun 2020 Diamond, Alvin R.
29345		 TROY
Forestiera acuminata (Michaux) Poiret
UNA00041089 Mobile s.d. Unknown
s.n.		 UNA
Forestiera acuminata (Michx.) Poir.
UNA00041088 Clarke _ Apr _ Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Forestiera acuminata (Michx.) Poir.
UWAL0043122 Baldwin 04 Jul 2000 Larsen, Harry S.
365		 UWAL
Forestiera acuminata (Michx.) Poir.
JSU134548 Clarke 31 Oct 1997 Whetstone, R. David
19002		 JSU
Forestiera acuminata (Michaux) Poiret
TROY000032597 Wilcox 12 May 2011 Diamond, Alvin R.
22076		 TROY
Forestiera acuminata (Michaux) Poiret
SAMF0004610 Monroe 02 Aug 2011 Davenport, Lawrence J.
4751		 SAMF
Forestiera acuminata (Michaux) Poiret
JSU134552 Tuscaloosa 22 Jul 2000 Spaulding, Daniel D.
10800		 JSU
Forestiera acuminata (Michaux) Poiret
UWAL0050070 Montgomery 20 Jun 2020 Diamond, Alvin R.
29345		 UWAL
Forestiera acuminata (Michaux) Poiret
UNA00041094 Madison 04 Jul 1980 Haynes, Robert R.
7959		 UNA
Forestiera acuminata (Michx.) Poir.
TROY000046333 Washington 07 Jun 2018 Diamond, Alvin R.
28344		 TROY
Forestiera acuminata (Michaux) Poiret
UNA00041087 Autauga 06 Jun 1978 Davenport, Lawrence J.
346		 UNA
Forestiera acuminata (Michx.) Poir.
ALNHS00001600 Clarke 21 Mar 2012 Horne, Howard E.
SWS-97		 ALNHS
Forestiera acuminata (Michx.) Poir.
AUA_ACC_61339 Choctaw Crouch, Virginia E.
826		 AUA
Forestiera Acuminata (Michx.) Poir.
UNA00041093 Morgan 04 Jul 1980 Meigs, Russell A.
933		 UNA
Forestiera acuminata (Michx.) Poir.
TROY000007284 Choctaw 30 Jun 1980 Kral, Robert
65556		 TROY
Forestiera acuminata (Michaux) Poiret
UNA00041098 Greene 28 Apr 1971 Brooks, Carol J.
605		 UNA
Forestiera acuminata (Michx.) Poir.
TROY000040760 Monroe 02 Aug 2011 Keener, Brian R.
6615		 TROY
Forestiera acuminata (Michaux) Poiret
UWAL0011341 Monroe 02 Aug 2011 Keener, Brian R.
6615		 UWAL
Forestiera acuminata (Michaux) Poiret
UNA00041100 Greene 28 Apr 1971 Brooks, Carol J.
606		 UNA
Forestiera acuminata (Michx.) Poir.
AUA_ACC_37314 Clarke 4 May 1981 Henderson, T.
33		 AUA
Forestiera Acuminata (Michx.) Poir.
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