Vascular Plant Herbarium

Vascular Plant Database Family Results

Category: Dicots
Family Name: Celastraceae

Celastrus - [maps | photos]

• Celastrus orbiculatus * Thunb.
  NWI R2 TN: No Wetland Indicator
  Common Name: Oriental bittersweet

• Celastrus scandens L.
  NWI R2 TN: No Wetland Indicator
  Common Name: American bittersweet

Euonymus - [maps | photos]

• Euonymus alata * (Thunb.) Siebold
  Common Name: winged burning bush

• Euonymus americanus L.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative -
  Common Name: heart's a bustin

• Euonymus atropurpureus Jacq.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative
  Common Name: eastern wahoo

• Euonymus hederaceus * Champ. ex Benth.
  Common Name: winter creeper
  Synonyms:
  

         • Euonymus fortunei (Turcz.) Hand.-Mazz.

• Euonymus obovatus Nutt.
  Common Name: running strawberry bush

Paxistima - [maps | photos]

• Paxistima canbyi A. Gray (TN Endangered)
  Common Name: Canby's mountain lover

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*Non-native taxon known to be naturalized in Tennessee

All names & statuses follow the Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee (2015).
Click here for a description of rare, threatened, or endangered (RTE) status & National Wetland Indicator (NWI) status.

If you have any questions or comments, please contact Dr. Jessica M. Budke or Margaret Oliver.