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thorny olive

Elaeagnus pungens

The thorny olive is a bushy plant with shiny leaves and small, yellow flowers. It has sharp thorns that help protect it from animals. This plant is great for gardens and can grow in many places!

Lebensraum: Urban areas

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The thorny olive is an evergreen shrub with dense, spreading branches and sharp thorns. Its oval leaves are dark green and glossy on top, contrasting with a shimmering silvery-scaly underside. Small, fragrant, bell-shaped flowers are silvery-white, followed by red berries speckled with silver.

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thorny olive

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

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Interessante Fakten

Its small flowers fill the autumn air with an intense, sweet perfume!

The tart, cranberry-like berries are loved by birds, and even humans can eat them!

This plant is so tough it can survive salty sea spray near beaches!

You can rub the silvery underside of its leaves to write secret messages!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Armor Plating

It has super sharp thorns on its branches that help defend against hungry animals trying to eat its leaves.

Fähigkeit

Soil Supercharger

It can take nitrogen from the air and put it into the soil, acting like a natural fertilizer for itself.

Fähigkeit

Evergreen Guardian

Its leaves stay green all year long, helping it make food even when other plants have lost their leaves.

Fähigkeit

Tough Survivor

It can grow in very dry, poor soil, making it a champion at surviving harsh conditions.

Maße und Details

Höhe
200-400 cm
Ausbreitung
200-400 cm
Blütengröße
0.5-1 cm
Blütezeit
Herbst
Essbar
Ja
Giftigkeit
Keine
Lebenszyklus
Mehrjährig
Bestäubungsmethode
Insekten

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

symbiotic with

Frankia bacteria

Frankia alni

fixes nitrogen in its roots.

pollinates

European Honey Bee

Apis mellifera

gathers nectar from sweet-smelling flowers.

eaten by

American Robin

Turdus migratorius

enjoys the red berries.

eaten by

White-tailed Deer

Odocoileus virginianus

browses on leaves and twigs.

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Gefahr

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Was ist der/die/das höhe von thorny olive?

200-400 cm

Was ist der/die/das ausbreitung von thorny olive?

200-400 cm

Was ist der/die/das blütengröße von thorny olive?

0.5-1 cm

Was ist der/die/das blütezeit von thorny olive?

Herbst

Was ist der/die/das essbar von thorny olive?

Ja

Was ist der/die/das giftigkeit von thorny olive?

Keine

Was ist der/die/das lebenszyklus von thorny olive?

Mehrjährig

Was ist der/die/das bestäubungsmethode von thorny olive?

Insekten

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