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Your search found 10 taxa in the family Celastraceae, Bittersweet family, as understood by PLANTS National Database.
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Common Name:
American Bittersweet
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) 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
Look for it in mesic forests
Rare in GA-NC-SC
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Oriental Bittersweet
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) 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
Look for it in thickets, roadsides, forests
Common
Non-native: Asia
Common Name:
Canby's Mountain Lover, Ratstripper, Cliff-green
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) 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
Look for it 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
Waif (endemic to the Central Appalachians)
Native: north of the Carolinas
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Common Name:
American Wahoo, Eastern Wahoo, Burning Bush
Weakley's Flora: (2/8/20) 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
Look for it in 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: (11/30/12) 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
Look for it in 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: (11/30/12) 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
Look for it in cove forests, northern hardwood forests, other mesic forests, esp in boulderfields, where it sometimes is quite abundant locally
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Winged Burning Bush, Winged Euonymus, Winged Wahoo
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Euonymus alatus FAMILY: Celastraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Euonymus alatus FAMILY: Celastraceae
Look for it in suburban woodlands
Rare in GA, NC, SC
Non-native: east Asia
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Common Name:
Wintercreeper, Climbing Euonymus, Chinese Spindle-tree
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Euonymus fortunei FAMILY: Celastraceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Euonymus fortunei var. radicans FAMILY: Celastraceae
Look for it in bottomlands or swamps, upland suburban woodlands. Sometimes climbing into the canopy
Rare
Non-native: China
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Common Name:
Japanese Spindletree, Japanese Euonymus
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Euonymus japonicus FAMILY: Celastraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Euonymus japonicus FAMILY: Celastraceae
Look for it in disturbed areas, esp on barrier islands
Rare
Non-native: Japan
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Common Name:
Holly-leaf Rhacoma, Christmasberry, Quailberry
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Crossopetalum ilicifolium FAMILY: Celastraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Crossopetalum ilicifolium FAMILY: Celastraceae
Look for it in disturbed, acid, peaty soil
Waif(s)
Native: subtropical Florida
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