Stats

Lifespan

Perennial

Size

Large

Diet

Photosynthetic

Biome

Temperate woodland

Range

Garden origin

Movement

Sessile

Breeding

Seeds

Defense

Spines

Status

Rare

About

This hardy hybrid shrub grows in coastal thickets and sheltered garden hedges. Its leaves are covered in tiny metallic scales that reflect intense sunlight to prevent dehydration.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   seed

   A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
2. 2.
   sprout

   A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
3. 3.
   sapling

   A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
4. 4.
   mature

   Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Rosales

Family

Elaeagnaceae

Genus

Elaeagnus