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Olives Olea

This hub compares 2 species records. Across all 2 records, it carries 149 evidence rows from 30 distinct cited sources. The species split is 1 keep-away and 1 awaiting directional evidence. The species records remain separate: their evidence does not become one verdict for the genus.

Keep away: 1 species

olive Keep away Olea europaea Consensus · 148 sources Zones 8–8

Awaiting evidence: 1 species

Olea europaea var. oleaster Awaiting evidence Olea europaea var. oleaster Limited evidence · 1 source

About olives

Directory notes

Plant forms recorded in this group: tree. The records span published USDA zones 8–8. These are record-level fields, not a whole-genus flammability claim.

More about Olea: Wikipedia — external references; not evidence sources.

Where rated olives grow

Tagged as growing in 9 states.

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