Chinese privet

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Noun1.Chinese privet - erect evergreen treelike shrub of China and Korea and Japan having acuminate leaves and flowers in long erect paniclesChinese privet - erect evergreen treelike shrub of China and Korea and Japan having acuminate leaves and flowers in long erect panicles; resembles Japanese privet
Ligustrum lucidum, white wax tree
privet - any of various Old World shrubs having smooth entire leaves and terminal panicles of small white flowers followed by small black berries; many used for hedges
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Chinese privet (Ligustrum sinense), imported in 1852, is an ornamental landscape plant that's become naturalized.
UNWELCOME GUESTS (PART 1)
Chinese privet (Lignustrum sinense) was the other exotic shrub in this relict tract of forest.
Composition and structure of a mixed-hardwood bottomland forest in the West Cross Timbers of north-central Texas
Fruits and seeds of five food resources were collected during autumn 2005 and autumn 2008: flowering dogwood (Comus florida), Chinese privet (Ligustrum sinense), water oak (Quercus nigra), white oak (Quercus alba), and staghorn sumac (Rhus typhina).
Diet resource partitioning between the golden mouse (Ochrotomys nuttalli) and the white-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus)
However, Chinese privet seeds (Ligustrum sinense) and staghorn sumac seeds (Rhus typhina) are from invasive species.
Golden mouse (Ochrotomys nuttalli) and white-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus) dietary resource partitioning under experimental field conditions
DISTRIBUTION OF CHINESE PRIVET USING GEOSPATIAL MODELS IN SOUTHERN FORESTLANDS
Agriculture and plant science
A systematic survey of Chinese privet foliage, stems, seeds, and roots for associated phytophagous insects was conducted in China during 2005 and 2006 in order to establish basic information about the insect communities that Chinese privet harbors and to evaluate the abundance and damage caused by these insects.
Survey for potential insect biological control agents of Ligustrum sinense (Scrophulariales: Oleaceae) in China
Sometimes it seems that our main task since buying this land has been to clear away the Chinese privet that covered the bottomland.
Ripples in the stream
When we first moved to the land, we cleared about half an acre of Chinese privet from the bottomland along Half Time Creek.
Fantastic ferns add to landscape. (My Favorite Garden)
Chinese privet (Ligustrum sinense) is a non-native, invasive plant that is now naturalized throughout the southeastern United States.
The Effect of Chinese Privet on Small Mammal Populations
Water oak (Quercus nigra) acorns, white oak (Quercus alba) acorns, and Chinese privet (Ligustrum sinense) berries comprised the study diet.
Food preferences and bioenergetics of the white-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus) and the golden mouse (Ochrotomys nuttalli)
There was an abundant understory of Chinese privet (Ligustrum sinese), greenbriar (Smilex spp.), and honeysuckle (Lonicera spp.) species present in both community types.
Effects of a forested riparian peninsula on mean home range size of the golden mouse (Ochrotomys nuttalli) and the white-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus)
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