Invasive Plants of Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Russian Olive

Elaeagnus angustifolia, commonly called silver berry,oleaster,Russian olive, or wild olive, is a species of Elaeagnus, native to western and central Asia, from southern Russia and Kazakhstan to Turkey and Iran. It is now also widely established in North America as an introduced species.

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