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Your search found 10 taxa in the family Celastraceae, Bittersweet family, as understood by Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
American Bittersweet
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Celastrus scandens FAMILY: Celastraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Celastrus scandens FAMILY: Celastraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Celastrus scandens 113-01-001 FAMILY: Celastraceae
Habitat: Dry-mesic to mesic upland forests and woodlands, bluffs, riparian and bottomland forests, glade margins
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Oriental Bittersweet
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Celastrus orbiculatus FAMILY: Celastraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Celastrus orbiculatus FAMILY: Celastraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Celastrus orbiculatus 113-01-002 FAMILY: Celastraceae
Habitat: Bottomland and riparian forests, mesic upland forests and bluffs, glade margins, disturbed areas, thickets, roadsides, forests
Common in Mountains & NC Piedmont, uncommon in GA & SC Piedmont, rare in GA & SC Coastal Plain
Non-native: Asia
Common Name:
Canby's Mountain Lover, Ratstripper, Cliff-green
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Paxistima canbyi FAMILY: Celastraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Paxistima canbyi FAMILY: Celastraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Paxistima canbyi 113-02-001 FAMILY: Celastraceae
Habitat: On calcareous bluffs and cliffs (generally near the top of the cliffs or bluffs, rarely far below the crest), mostly on limestone and dolostone, but rarely on greenstone or shale; in NC naturalized at the site of a plant nursery and possibly also native (see discussion below)
Waif(s)
Native: north of the Carolinas
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Common Name:
American Wahoo, Eastern Wahoo, Burning Bush
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Euonymus atropurpureus FAMILY: Celastraceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Euonymus atropurpureus var. atropurpureus FAMILY: Celastraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Euonymus atropurpureus 113-03-001 FAMILY: Celastraceae
Habitat: Bottomland forests, riverbanks, mostly on rich alluvial sediments, or on slopes over mafic or calcareous rocks
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Hearts-a-bustin', Strawberry-bush
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Euonymus americanus FAMILY: Celastraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Euonymus americanus FAMILY: Celastraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Euonymus americanus 113-03-002 FAMILY: Celastraceae
Habitat: Mesic to submesic forests
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Running Strawberry-bush, Trailing Strawberry-bush, Trailing Wahoo
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Euonymus obovatus FAMILY: Celastraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Euonymus obovatus FAMILY: Celastraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Euonymus obovatus 113-03-003 FAMILY: Celastraceae
Habitat: Cove forests, northern hardwood forests, other mesic forests, especially in boulderfields, where sometimes locally abundant
Uncommon in NC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Burning-bush, Winged Euonymus, Winged Wahoo
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Euonymus alatus FAMILY: Celastraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Euonymus alatus FAMILY: Celastraceae
Habitat: Suburban woodlands, becoming invasive in some areas
Uncommon in Carolina Mountains, uncommon in Piedmont of GA & NC (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Non-native: east Asia
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Common Name:
Wintercreeper, Climbing Euonymus, Chinese Spindle-tree
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Euonymus fortunei FAMILY: Celastraceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Euonymus fortunei var. radicans FAMILY: Celastraceae
Habitat: Bottomlands, swamps, upland suburban woodlands
Uncommon in Carolina Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Non-native: China
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Common Name:
Japanese Spindle-tree, Japanese Euonymus
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Euonymus japonicus FAMILY: Celastraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Euonymus japonicus FAMILY: Celastraceae
Habitat: Disturbed areas, especially on barrier islands
Waif(s)
Non-native: Japan
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Common Name:
Holly-leaf Rhacoma, Christmasberry, Quailberry
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Crossopetalum ilicifolium FAMILY: Celastraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Crossopetalum ilicifolium FAMILY: Celastraceae
Habitat: Pine rocklands, marl prairies, rockland hammocks; also, rarely and as an apparent waif, in disturbed, acid, peaty soil
Waif(s)
Native: peninsular Florida & the West Indies
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