Silver-leaved cotoneaster
Cotoneaster pannosus
family
Rosaceae
origin
Exotic
declaration
NIL
For information only
Common names
Cotoneaster, Silver cotoneaster, Silver leaf cotoneaster, Silverleaf cotoneaster, Silver-leaf cotoneaster, Silver-leaved cotoneaster, Velvel cotoneaster.
an upright or arching shrub (growing up to 2 m tall) with young stems that are densely woolly hairy. Its relatively small leaves (10-40 mm long and 8-16 mm wide) have dull green and hairless upper surfaces. The leaf undersides are densely hairy and silvery-whitish in appearance its small white flowers (8-10 mm across) are borne in dense clusters and each flower has five spreading petals. Its small red 'berries' (5-8 mm across) are rounded or egg-shaped
Impact
Impact
Silver-leaved cotoneaster (Cotoneaster pannosus ) is a moderately important or significant environmental weed in Victoria, Tasmania, the ACT and New South Wales, and a minor or potential environmental weed in Queensland and South Australia.Dispersed by fruit-eating (i.e. frugivorous) birds, this species forms thickets along roadsides and in disturbed and undisturbed natural plant communities. These infestations are capable of altering and displacing native plant communities by shading out the native ground flora and impeding the regeneration of overstorey plant
Location
Location
Characteristics
Characteristics
Similar Species
Similar Species
Silver-leaved cotoneaster (Cotoneaster pannosus ) is a moderately important or significant environmental weed in Victoria, Tasmania, the ACT and New South Wales, and a minor or potential environmental weed in Queensland and South Australia.Dispersed by fruit-eating (i.e. frugivorous) birds, this species forms thickets along roadsides and in disturbed and undisturbed natural plant communities. These infestations are capable of altering and displacing native plant communities by shading out the native ground flora and impeding the regeneration of overstorey plant
