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§1 Plant

Menodora scabra A. Gray

vernacular rough menodora — species · Oleaceae

USDA: MESC
GBIF: 5415041
Rank: species

rough menodora (Menodora scabra) — Platephotograph · Fluff BergerCC BY-SA source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Growth habit: Forb/herb, Subshrub
Duration: Perennial
Group: Dicot
Family: Oleaceae Hoffmanns. & Link
Genus: Menodora

§2a

Native status, by region

L48 Lower 48 States Native

§2b

County-level range

· 50 counties across 4 states/territories

Legend Native · 50 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought: High
Shade: High
Moisture use: Low
Fire: None
Salinity: Low
Anaerobic: None
CaCO₃: High
Hedging: Medium

§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance: 18 °F minimum
Frost-free days: 260 min.
Precipitation: 5–18 in/yr
pH range: 6.6–8.4
Root depth: 12 in min.
Fertility need: Low
Soil texture: coarse, medium

§3c

Form & growth

Growth form: Multiple Stem
Growth rate: Rapid
Lifespan: Moderate
Mature height: 1 ft
Height @ 20 y: 1 ft
Foliage texture: Medium
Foliage colour: Green
Porosity (summer): Porous
Porosity (winter): Porous
Flower colour: Yellow
Fruit colour: Yellow
Fire resistant: No
N fixation: None
Toxicity: None

§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period: Early Summer
Seed abundance: Medium
Seed begins: Summer
Seed ends: Fall
Spread rate: Moderate
Stratify: No
Seeds / lb: 107,000
Propagation: seed, bare root, container

§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability: Contracting Only
Nursery stock: No
Browse palatability: High
Graze palatability: High
Palatable, human: No
Protein potential: Medium
Lumber: No
Christmas tree: No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 50 counties across 4 states/territories.

Arizona view state ↗ 13 N ▾

Colorado view state ↗ 3 N ▾

New Mexico view state ↗ 20 N ▾

Texas view state ↗ 14 N ▾

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/MESC ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/5415041 ↗

Record version

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