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Ligustrum sinense
Chinese privet is a bushy plant with shiny green leaves. It can grow tall and has small white flowers that smell sweet. This plant is often found in gardens and parks.
Habitat: Urban areas
The Chinese privet is a dense shrub or small tree with small, oval, dark green leaves. It produces abundant clusters of tiny, creamy-white, fragrant flowers, followed by small, shiny, dark blue to black berries.
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Category
PlantsRarity
Common
Danger
2/5 · Low
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Chinese privet is so resilient, it can grow back even after being heavily cut down!
In warm places, this plant keeps its green leaves all year!
Its tiny white flowers release a powerful, sweet scent that can fill the air in spring!
The berries slowly change from green to purple-black, a tasty snack for many birds!
Chinese privet can grow incredibly fast, allowing it to quickly outcompete other plants for space and sunlight.
This plant forms thick, tangled branches, creating dense shelters for small animals and hiding places for birds.
Its dark berries are eaten by birds, helping Chinese privet spread its seeds far and wide to new locations.

Turdus migratorius
eats berries, dispersing its seeds
Apis mellifera
gathers nectar and pollen from flowers

Bombycilla cedrorum
feasts on its abundant dark berries

Colinus virginianus
uses dense thickets for cover
Aromatic plants produce and emit fragrant volatile organic compounds, often for defense or to attract pollinators.
Flowering plants are any plants that produce flowers as part of their reproductive cycle.
A shrub is a woody plant smaller than a tree, typically with multiple stems branching from or near the ground.
Evergreen plants retain their foliage throughout the year, never shedding all their leaves at once.
Fragrant flowers emit a pleasant aroma, often to attract pollinators or for defense.
Fruit-bearing plants produce fruits, which are the mature ovaries of flowering plants containing seeds.
Describes plants that are particularly attractive and beneficial to a wide range of pollinating organisms.
Rapid growing plants exhibit accelerated growth rates, quickly increasing in size and biomass within a short period.
This habitat trait indicates species that can coexist with humans in urban and suburban environments, utilizing man-made structures and green spaces.
Invasive species are non-native organisms that cause harm to the environment, economy, or human health.
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Danger
2/5 · Low
Do not eat any berries from this plant without asking an adult first.
300-700 cm
150-400 cm
0.3-0.5 cm
Late spring to early summer
No
Mild
Perennial
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