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Forestiera pubescens, photographed by an iNaturalist contributor
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#1696 most planted

Forestiera pubescens

Stretchberry · also Desert olive, Tanglewood, Devil's elbow

BroadleafDeciduous
22
trees mapped
0.00%
of all named trees
1
city
14 in
median trunk (36 cm, 22 measured)

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Forestiera pubescens, also known by many common names including stretchberry and desert olive, is a deciduous shrub or small tree. It is native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.

Where it grows

Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.

  1. Tempe · United States
    22—14 in

No city in this list records planting dates for this species, so age is blank throughout.

Traits

Form
Broadleaf
Foliage
Deciduous

Trunk diameters across every city: median 14 in, mean 15 in, 90th percentile 19 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.

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