PLANTS Profile for Euonymus atropurpureus (burningbush)

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Euonymus atropurpureus Jacq.
burningbush

Symbol:

EUAT5

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Celastraceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Shrub
Tree

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N


Common Names:
	eastern wahoo
	wahoo

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Euonymus atropurpurea

Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA NRCS. 1995. Northeast wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. Northeast National Technical Center, Chester. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.

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Synonym Information:

EUAT3: Characteristics

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Euonymus atropurpureus Jacq.

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Synonyms:
Euonymus atropurpureus Jacq.

EUAT3

Euonymus atropurpurea Jacq., orth. var.

eastern wahoo

Distribution:
Euonymus atropurpureus Jacq.


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USA (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, WI, WV), CAN (ON, QC)

Related Taxa:
Euonymus atropurpureus Jacq.

View 16 genera in Celastraceae, 14 species in Euonymus or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Euonymus atropurpureus var. atropurpureus
eastern wahoo

Euonymus atropurpureus var. cheatumii
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Native

Introduced

Classification:
Euonymus atropurpureus Jacq.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Celastrales
Family	Celastraceae – Bittersweet family
Genus	Euonymus L. – spindletree
Species	Euonymus atropurpureus Jacq. – burningbush

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Euonymus atropurpureus Jacq.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Florida:
burning bush		Endangered

Wetland Indicator Status:
Euonymus atropurpureus Jacq.

Euonymus atropurpurea:

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACU,FAC+

FACU

FAC

FAC-

FACU

FAC

FAC+

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Euonymus atropurpureus Jacq.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

Time Generated: 09/25/2008 04:51 AM MDT