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Stretchberry

Forestiera pubescens

Also called Downy Elbowbush, Downy Forestiera, Elbow Bush, Spring Herald, Desert Olive, Dwarf Swamp Privet

Stretchberry
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Oleaceae (Olive family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Native range
WC. & SW. U.S.A. to N. Mexico
Climate
subtropical

About

Forestiera pubescens, commonly known as stretchberry, desert olive, tanglewood, devil's elbow, elbow bush, spring goldenglow, spring herald, New Mexico privet, or Texas forsythia is a deciduous shrub or small tree native to the southwestern United States (Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, California) and northern Mexico.

Other Forestiera plants

Eastern swampprivet · Texas swampprivet · Central American Olive · Upland swampprivet · Netleaf swampprivet · Florida swampprivet · Swampprivet

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Forestiera pubescens by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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