An assessment of autumn olive in northern U.S. forests

Abstract

This publication is part of a series of research notes that provide an overview of the invasive plant species monitored on an extensive systematic network of plots measured by the Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program of the U.S. Forest Service, Northern Research Station (NRS). Each research note features one of the invasive plants monitored on forested plots by NRS FIA in the 24 states of the midwestern and northeastern United States. Autumn olive (Elaeagnus umbellata), a shrub of the Oleaster family (Elaeagnaceae), is native to eastern Asia and arrived in the United States in the 1830s.

Citation

Kurtz, Cassandra M.; Hansen, Mark H. 2016. An assessment of autumn olive in northern U.S. forests. Res. Note NRS-204. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 5 p.