Forestiera acuminata

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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|image = Forestiera_acuminata.jpg

|status = LC

|status_system = IUCN3.1

|status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group. |author2=Botanic Gardens Conservation International |collaboration=BGCI |date=2020 |title=Forestiera acuminata |volume=2020 |page=e.T152907710A152907712 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T152907710A152907712.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}

|genus = Forestiera

|species = acuminata

|authority = (Michx.) Poir.

|range_map = Forestiera acuminata range map.jpg

}}

Forestiera acuminata, commonly known as eastern swamp privet, is a deciduous shrub or small tree that is native to the southeastern and central United States, growing primarily in or near wetlands. It is especially common along the Mississippi Valley as far north as Illinois and Indiana, but found also across the South from eastern Texas to South Carolina.[http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Forestiera%20acuminata.png Biota of North America Program, Forestiera acuminata] It grows in swamp forests as well as rocky edges of streams and ponds.{{Cite web |title=Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin |url=https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=foac |access-date=2022-03-03 |website=www.wildflower.org}}

The species withstands flooding and its fruit is consumed by wild ducks.{{cite book|last=Little|first=Elbert L.|title=The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Trees: Eastern Region|publisher=Knopf|location=New York|year=1980|isbn=0-394-50760-6|page=646}}