NWPL🌿
LISI

Ligustrum sinense Lour.

1 / 15View Full Size
©Larry Allain. Provided by USGS National Wetlands Research Center (NWRC)
2 / 15View Full Size
©Lowell Urbatsch. United States, Mississippi, Wilkinson Co.
3 / 15View Full Size
©Lowell Urbatsch
4 / 15View Full Size
©Lowell Urbatsch
5 / 15View Full Size
©Lowell Urbatsch
6 / 15View Full Size
©Lowell Urbatsch
7 / 15View Full Size
©Lowell Urbatsch
8 / 15View Full Size
©J.S. Peterson. United States, Louisiana, East Baton Rouge Parish, Baton Rouge, Southern University
9 / 15View Full Size
©J.S. Peterson. United States, Louisiana, East Baton Rouge Parish, Baton Rouge, Southern University
10 / 15View Full Size
©Lowell Urbatsch
11 / 15View Full Size
©Lowell Urbatsch
12 / 15View Full Size
©James H. Miller. James H. Miller and Karl V. Miller, 2005, Forest plants of the southeast and their
13 / 15View Full Size
©James H. Miller. James H. Miller and Karl V. Miller, 2005, Forest plants of the southeast and their
14 / 15View Full Size
©Ted Bodner. James H. Miller and Karl V. Miller, 2005, Forest plants of the southeast and their wild
15 / 15View Full Size
Courtesy of USDA Forest Service.

Plant Details

Scientific Name: Ligustrum sinense Lour.
Family Name: Oleaceae Hoffmanns. & Link - Olive family
Common Name: Chinese privet
Symbol: LISI
Group: Dicot
Rank: Species
Date Modified: Feb. 7, 2026, 3:56 a.m.

Duration

  • Perennial

Growth Habits

  • Tree
  • Shrub

Synonyms

  • Ligustrum microcarpum Kaneh. & Sasaki
  • Ligustrum villosum May

Wetland Ratings

AGCP AW CB EMP GP HI MW NCNE WMVC AK
FAC UPL FACU UPL FACU FACU FACU

Species Range Map