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Can you ID this shrub/hedge plant?

A friend of my wife's has a whole row of shrubs/hedge she is going to rip out soon, to replace with a fence..
We can take some if we want them! dig them out and transplant them..
but the only place we have for them would be in fairly heavy shade, and I need to ID the plant to see
if it can handle shade at all..if it cant, I wont even bother to dig any up..
(it is growing in sun right now)

I didnt get a pic of the hedge in place, didnt have the camera with me..so I broke off a branch and took it home
to photograph:

<img src='http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u45/scottychaos/shrub1.jpg'>

That piece of branch is about 8" long, and each individual football-shaped leaf is about 1" to 1.25" long..
its a common "hedge plant"..kept trimmed with hedge clippers..
kept about 4 feet tall, but could be taller..

any idea of the specific species?

thanks,
Scot
 
Hmm,

This is a tough one but I love plant taxonomy so I'm going to give it a guess based on the opposite leaves, leaf veins, and morphology. If I remember correctly the smaller leaves at the base are a good clue too. Flowers or fruits would definitely help me. If you were to crush a stem full of leaves and rub it all in your hands it should have a good sweet or spicy smelling odor if I'm correct. My guess would be a Calycanthus sp.. See http://www.goatworld.com/health/plants/graphics/allspice1.jpg

Another guess would be a Ligustrum species

8" long stem seems small for a Calycanthus shrub.
 
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