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Elaeagnus angustifolia

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Tracheophyta » Rosales » Elaeagnaceae » Elaeagnus angustifolia
Common name (English)
Russian olive
Common name (Greek)
ζυζυφιά
Ηabitat
C2 Running waters
I2 Parks
X11 Large parks
X22 Non-domestic gardens (small)
X23 Non-domestic gardens (large)
X24 Domestic gardens (urban)
X25 Domestic gardens (rural)
X21 Archaeological

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Habitat detail

Based on Georgiades (1995).

Establishment status
Established
Establishment status detail

Alien: Naturalized non-invasive. Gardens, roadsides or sometimes on uncultivated hillsides, but probably always an escape from cultivation; sea-level to 4500' - no listed locations for Division 3.

First detection year
1754
Pathway
2 ESCAPE FROM CONFINEMENT - Hortiulture – Hort
Pathway detail

Based on Georgiades (1995).

References

Meikle RD (1985) Flora of Cyprus, Vol. 2.

Georgiades C (1995) Η επιγενής χλωρίδα της Κύπρου. Ταξινομική, χλωριδικά, φυτογεωγραφική, οικοφυσιολογική μελέτη. [The adventive flora of Cyprus, taxonomic, floristic, phytogeographic, ecophysiological study]. Ph.D. Thesis, Athens University.

Tsintides T, Hadjikyriakou GN, Christodoulou CS (2002) Trees and shrubs in Cyprus. Foundation Anastasios G. Leventis—Cyprus Forest Association, Nicosia, Cyprus.

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University of Cyprus - Department of Biological Sciences
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Akrotiri Environment

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