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Taxon
Celastrus scandens
Common name:
American bittersweet
Family:
Celastraceae (bittersweet family)
Distribution:
w.-c. to e. North America
Habitat:
Thickets, woodland margins, roadsides, usually rich soils; 0–1400 m
Hardiness:
USDA Zone 3
Life form:
Vine/Liana
Comments:
A vigorous, native deciduous vine with lustrous dark green leaves. A fast grower to 20' or more depending on what it grows upon. It twines, covering structures and can girdle small trees. Fall color is yellow. Fruit is a three-lobed capsule, yellow-orange inside with crimson seeds, used in dried arrangements. Plants are male and female so to get fruit plant several.
Links:
•
Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy)
•
USDA PLANTS Database - US Department of Agriculture
Locations
1:
AZA: BD13
(BD13)
• Accession: D2011-0461.001 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
2:
AZA: BD13
(BD13)
• Accession: D2015-0725.001 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
3:
AZA: BD13
(BD13)
• Accession: D2015-0725.002 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
4:
AZA: BD13
(BD13)
• Accession: D2015-0725.005 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
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Individual