glossy privet	USDA PLANTS Symbol: LILU2 USDA ARS GRIN: 22082 ITIS: 503450
Ligustrum lucidum W.T. Aiton
Taxonomic Rank: Magnoliopsida: Scrophulariales: Oleaceae
Synonym(s): tree privet
Glossy privet is a semi-evergreen shrub or small tree that grows up to 40 ft. (12.2 m) in height. The trunks usually occur as multiple stems with many long, leafy branches. Leaves are opposite, ovate to lanceolate, 3-6 in. (5-15.2 cm) long and 2-4 in. (5-10.2 cm) wide. Flowering occurs in late summer, when very abundant, white flowers develop at the end of branches in 5-8 in. (12.7-20 cm) long clusters. Fruits are <0.5 in. (1.3 cm) long, oval, fleshy and ripen to a dark blue to black color. Fruits persist into winter. Several privet species occur and they are often very hard to distinguish. Glossy privet resembles Japanese privet (L. japonicum Thunb.), but the leaves of Japanese privet are shorter (2 in. [5.1 cm] long) and thicker. Glossy privet commonly forms dense thickets in fields or in the understory of forests. It shades and out-competes many native species, and once established, is very difficult to remove. Glossy privet is commonly used as an ornamental shrub and for hedgerows.

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Flower(s); June James H. Miller, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Foliage; June James H. Miller, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Foliage; on left compared to Chinese privet on right Ted Bodner, Southern Weed Science Society, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Fruit(s); December James H. Miller, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage
Twig(s)/Shoot(s); October James H. Miller, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Bark; June James H. Miller, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Plant(s); June James H. Miller, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Seed(s); Steve Hurst, USDA NRCS PLANTS Database, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage

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