Forestiera acuminata, commonly known as eastern swamp privet, is a deciduous shrub or small tree that is native to the southeastern and central United States, growing primarily in or near wetlands. It is especially common along the Mississippi Valley as far north as Illinois and Indiana, but found also across the South from eastern Texas to South Carolina.[2] It grows in swamp forests as well as rocky edges of streams and ponds.[3]

Eastern swamp privet
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Oleaceae
Genus:	Forestiera
Species:	F. acuminata
Binomial name
Forestiera acuminata (Michx.) Poir.

The species withstands flooding and its fruit is consumed by wild ducks.[4]

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