School of Horticulture
Plant Database
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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) |
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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 |