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OLIVE FAMILY
(OLEACEAE)
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Bird food
Butterfly larval food
Wildlife food
- Ash foliage: deer, rabbits
- Fringe tree fruit: many mammals
- Wild olive fruit: many mammals
Wildlife shelter: good nesting sites |
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name |
area | flower
& fruit |
season |
other |
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Fringe tree
Chionanthus virginicus | NC | white
dark blue-black | SpSu
SuF | s/t |
Florida privet
Forestiera segregata | NCS | white
dark | Sp
Su | s |
Pop ash
Fraxinus caroliniana | NC | yellow, green
samara | Sp
SuF | t |
Green ash
Fraxinus pennsylvanica | NC | greenish
samara | Sp
SuF | t |
Wild olive
Osmanthus americanus | NC | cream
dark blue | Sp
SpFW | s/t |
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| Codes: |
N=north
C=central
S=south |
Sp=spring
Su=summer
F=fall
W=winter |
a=annual
b=biennial
p=perennial
s=shrub
t=tree
v=vine |
i=invasive
ta=toxic to animals
th=toxic to humans |
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Florida Native Plants