OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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Most habitat and range descriptions were obtained from Weakley's Flora.

Your search found 10 taxa in the family Celastraceae, Bittersweet family, as understood by PLANTS National Database.

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camera icon speaker icon 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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camera icon speaker icon 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

 


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speaker icon 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)

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Native: north of the Carolinas

 


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camera icon speaker icon 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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camera icon speaker icon 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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camera icon speaker icon 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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camera icon speaker icon 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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camera icon speaker icon 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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camera icon 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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camera icon 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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"Within the same group [of Oaks] ... leaves alone must not be used for final identification, as, even on the same tree, the leaves may vary more among themselves than between those of other species.... Therefore, leaves are of great assistance if (1) an average leaf is looked for, and (2) final identification is based on other details taken in conjunction with the leaves." — George W.D. Symonds, The Tree Identification Book