Eastern Swampprivet
Forestiera acuminata
Eastern swampprivet is a wetland shrub or small tree of floodplains and swamps, with early greenish flowers and dark fruit that ducks and songbirds eat. A useful native for wet, shaded ground.
- Family
- Oleaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 33–33 ft
- Spacing
- 10–20 ft apart
- Light
- part shade
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- March, April, May
- Bloom colors
- yellow
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, songbirds, mammals
- Landscape uses
- specimen, hedge or screen, rain garden
- Native states
- AL, AR, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MO, MS, OK, SC, TN, TX