#724 most planted
Ligustrum vulgare
Wild privet · also Common privet, European privet
566
trees mapped
0.01%
of all named trees
7
cities
1.5 in
median trunk (4 cm, 125 measured)
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Ligustrum vulgare, also known as wild privet, is a species native to central and southern Europe, North Africa, and southwestern Asia. It can be found in forest, woodland, and shrubland habitats. While often considered a shrub, it can also grow as a tree.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 3860.17%—11 in
- 1610.01%—1.3 in
- 80.01%23 yr—
- 40.01%—2.0 in
- 30.00%—5.0 in
- 20.00%—5.9 in
- 20.00%——
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests
- Balkan mixed forests
- Caucasus mixed forests
- North Atlantic moist mixed forests
- Western European broadleaf forests
Temperate Conifer Forests
- Elburz Range forest steppe
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands & Scrub
- Northeast Spain and Southern France Mediterranean forests
Other Ligustrum in the catalogue
8 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
