page_title: Elaeagnus angustifolia
section_title: Ornamental plant
hierarchical_section_title: Elaeagnus angustifolia / Uses / Ornamental plant
caption_attribution_description: English: Leonora Curtin Wetland Preserve, La Cienega, New Mexico, a cienega in the desert
context_page_description: Elaeagnus angustifolia, commonly called Russian olive, silver berry, oleaster, or wild olive, is a species of Elaeagnus, native to western and central Asia, Iran, from southern Russia and Kazakhstan to Turkey, and parts of Pakistan. It is now also widely established in North America as an introduced species.
context_section_description: E. angustifolia has a long history of cultivation. It was described as Zizyphus cappadocica by John Gerard, and was grown by John Parkinson by 1633, and was also grown in Germany in 1736. It is now widely grown across southern and central Europe as a drought and cold-resistant ornamental plant for its scented flowers, edible fruit, attractive yellow foliage, and black bark.
caption: Russian olive (silver foliage) invading a rare cienega in New Mexico, United States
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