Elaeagnus (Silver-bush or even Oleaster) occurs as genus of astir 45 metal money of flowering plants in the Elaeagnaceae, native to warm-temperate & subtropic regions of the Northern Hemisphere, with a majority of the coinage inside Asia. It is deciduous or evergreen shrubs or small trees with replacement leaves. the leaves & shoots come commonly covered using diminutive silvery to dark-gray-brown scales, yielding the plants a whitish to grey-brown colour from either a few feet away.

;Selected species Elaeagnus angustifolia L. (Russian Olive; american Asia). Elaeagnus commutata Bernh. (Wolf Willow or even Our contries Silver-bush; North America). Elaeagnus glabra Thunb. (eastern Asia). Elaeagnus latifolia L. (southern Asia). Elaeagnus loureirii Champ. (southern China). Elaeagnus macrophylla Thunb. (eastern Asia). Elaeagnus multiflora Thunb. (Cherry Silverberry or even Gumi; eastern Asia). Elaeagnus philippinensis Perrott. (Philippines). Elaeagnus pungens Thunb. (Silverthorn or Thorny Olive; Japan). Elaeagnus umbellata Thunb. (Autumn Olive; eastern Asia). ;Hybrids Elaeagnus × ebbingei (E. macrophylla × E. pugens) Elaeagnus × pyramidalis (E. commutata × E. rosa multiflora) Elaeagnus × reflexa (E. pugens × E. glabra)