# Id this weed/bush?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-weed-bush/760914>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 26, 2016, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-weed-bush/760914 "2016-07-26T04:18:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2016, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-weed-bush/760914/1 "2016-07-26T04:18:26Z")

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[Pics of foliage and stems](http://s294.photobucket.com/user/badger60/library/tree?sort=3&page=1). Central South Carolina. Whatever it is, it seems to be rather hardy.

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**Author:** ![Isilder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/cc9497/32.png) [@Isilder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isilder)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2016, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-weed-bush/760914/2 "2016-07-26T13:28:59Z")

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its hedge plant.

Looks like Griselinia littoralis , Also known as New Zealand Privet or New Zealand Broadleaf, or it could be a broadleaf privet .

Anyway, its an ugly thing cause its a hedge plant that isn’t being kept.

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**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2016, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-weed-bush/760914/3 "2016-07-26T20:58:21Z")

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Thank you.