Plants : OleaceaeFerns and Flowering Plants

Ligustrum vulgare L.

Wild Privet

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Ligustrum vulgare

Description: Privet is an introduced species in Northern Ireland, almost entirely confined to planted field hedgerows in which it grows as an untidy straggling bush. It has panicles of small white flowers and produces abundant black fruits in autumn.

All names: Ligustrum vulgare L.

Distribution Map from NBN: Ligustrum vulgare at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.

iNaturalist: Ligustrum vulgare at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

 Hackney, P., 2026. Ligustrum vulgare. L.. [In] Flora of Northern Ireland.
https://habitas.org/flora/species.php?item=3951. Accessed on 2026-11-02.