Scientific Name:	Elaeagnus pungens
Pronunciation:	ell-ee-AG-nus PUN-jenz
Common Name:	thorny elaeagnus, silverthorn
Family Name:	Elaeagnaceae
Plant Type:	Broadleaf evergreen
Key ID Features:	Weak thorns on older stems to 2 cm long; variegated cultivars mostly with green margins (unlike E. x ebbingei 'Gilt Edge').
Course(s):	not used (on campus)

Habit: Arching, Dense, Spreading, Upright Form: Mounded, Oval - horizontal Texture: Medium Mature Size: Height: 3 - 5m Spread: 4 - 5m Growth Rate: Fast Origin: S.E. Asia / Japan / China Hardiness Rating: Zone 7: (-18 to -12 C) Exposure: Full sun, Part sun/part shade Soil/ Growing Medium: Landscape Uses: Espalier, Group or mass planting, Reclamation, Screening Additional Info: Google. Variegated cultivars shown may include E. 'Maculata'.

Leaf Morphology: Glossary Form: Simple Arrangement: Alternate Texture/ Venation: Leathery, Pinnate venation Surfaces: Lustrous Colour in Summer: Green, Silver / Grayish, Underside of leaves covered in silver and brown scales. Variegated cvs. are available. Leaf(let) Terms: Shapes: Elliptic, Oblong, Ovate Margins: Undulate (wavy)

Inflorescence Type: Flowers clustered Flower Morphology: Dioecious plant Number of Petals: 0 Corolla Shape: Salverform Ovary Position: Superior Colour (petals): Not showy, White Flower Scent: Fragrant Flower Time at Peak: Sep, Oct Additional Info: Four petal-like sepals

Fruit Type: Drupe, Achene Fruit Colour: Red Fruiting Time: Additional Info: Not showy, Accessory tissue, Edible, A drupe-like fruit that is really an achene with swollen accessory tissue derived from the sepals

Bark or Stem Colour: Additional Info: Young branches coverd in brown scales     Organ Modifications: Rhizomes, Root nodules (N-fixing), Thorns

Pest Susceptibility:	Deer resistant, Rabbit resistant, Drought resistant

Location(s): (CGW) Community Garden West (TFL) Turf Field Lab (TFLW) Turf Field Lab West Location Map

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