Ligustrum
Privet · also Japanese privet, Glossy privet
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Ligustrum, commonly known as Privet, includes deciduous or evergreen shrubs and trees with dark, shiny green foliage. They produce showy white flower clusters in spring and summer, followed by berries. Many species are tough, durable, and drought tolerant, often used for hedging or as tree standards in urban landscapes.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 6,9550.47%——
- 2,0010.18%—1.0 in
- 910.04%——
- 410.03%—3.8 in
- 190.01%—10 in
- 180.02%3.8 yr1.6 in
- 30.00%—5.1 in
- 10.00%——
Traits
- Mature height
- 10–50 ft
- Canopy spread
- 5–30 ft
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Water needs
- Moderate
- Drought tolerance
- High
- Wildlife value
- Moderate
- Fire risk
- Low
- Blooms
- Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug
Trunk diameters across every city: median 1.0 in, mean 1.5 in, 90th percentile 2.3 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests
- Central China Loess Plateau mixed forests
- Central Korean deciduous forests
- Northeast China Plain deciduous forests
Other Ligustrum in the catalogue
8 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
