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Border Privet, Lingustrum obtusifolium, fruit, Photo by Lower Hudson PRISM

Border Privet

COMMON NAME:

Border privet

SCIENTIFIC NAME:

Ligustrum obtusifolium

ORIGIN:

China and Japan

DESCRIPTION:

Border privet is a deciduous shrub that may grow to be 20 ft. tall. Its leaves are opposite, have smooth margins, and can vary in shape from oval to oblong. Some shrubs may have short, thorny twigs protruding from the branches. Privet produces clusters of small, white, trumpet-shaped flowers at the tips of the branches. Its berries turn black when they ripen and remain on the plant into winter.

ECOLOGY
RESOURCES
DISTRIBUTION

HABITAT:

Border privet grows in human-dominated areas such as abandoned fields and roadsides, and will also invade forest margins, canopy openings in forests, stream edges and floodplains.

THREAT:

Privet forms dense thickets, shading out native plants. It also displaces native shrubs and seedlings in regenerating forests.

MANAGEMENT:

Smaller shrubs can be pulled by hand. Larger shrubs can be treated with herbicide using cut-stump, foliar, or basal bark applications.

WNY PRISM PRIORITY:

Tier 4 - Local Control

Invasive Species Priorities - Tier Chart

Border privet is a prohibited species in New York State - for more information on Prohibited and Regulated Species, visit http://www.dec.ny.gov/animals/99141.html.

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:

There are no additional resources at this time.

NYS Prohibited and Regulated Species - Part 575:

PATHWAYS OF INVASION:

Border privet seeds are primarily dispersed by birds.

REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION:

Common

MAP (via iMapInvasives):

This map shows confirmed observations (green points) submitted to the NYS Invasive Species Database. Absence of data does not necessarily mean absence of the species at that site, but that it has not been reported there. For more information, please visit iMapInvasives.