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American olive
Cartrema americanum
25 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
SweetleafSymplocos tinctoria
Carolina laurelcherryPrunus caroliniana
scrub wild oliveCartrema floridana
dahoon hollyIlex cassine
redbayTamala borbonia
mountain laurelKalmia latifolia
sweetbay magnoliaMagnolia virginiana
southern magnoliaMagnolia grandiflora
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 1,656 |
|---|---|
| Alabama | 317 |
| Georgia | 259 |
| Mississippi | 163 |
| North Carolina | 122 |
| Louisiana | 76 |
| South Carolina | 58 |
| Virginia | 45 |
| Mexico | 4 |
| Kansas | 1 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Classification
| Kingdom | Plants · Plantae |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta |
| Class | Dicots · Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Mints, Plantains, Olives, and Allies · Lamiales |
| Family | olive family · Oleaceae |
| Genus | wild olive · Cartrema |
Study it in a deck
Or build your own from the species near you.
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise American olive with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.