Phillyrea latifolia
Green olive tree · also Mock privet
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Phillyrea latifolia is an evergreen shrub or small tree with dark green, toothed leaves. It produces small, fragrant greenish-white flowers and blue-black drupes. This species is drought-tolerant and performs well in Mediterranean climates, but needs protection from cold, dry winds.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 310.01%—6.9 in
- 120.00%—3.4 in
No city in this list records planting dates for this species, so age is blank throughout.
Traits
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Mature height
- 15–40 ft
- Canopy spread
- 15–30 ft
- Soil
- Poor soils
- Water needs
- Low
- Drought tolerance
- Low
- Tolerates
- coastal
- Blooms
- Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug
Trunk diameters across every city: median 6.3 in, mean 6.8 in, 90th percentile 12 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.
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands & Scrub
- Aegean and Western Turkey sclerophyllous and mixed forests
- Cyprus Mediterranean forests
- Northeast Spain and Southern France Mediterranean forests
Other Phillyrea in the catalogue
2 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
