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Celastrus orbiculatus Thunb.
Oriental bittersweet

       
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Images:
Celastrus orbiculatus Thunb.

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Synonyms:
Celastrus orbiculatus Thunb.

  CEOR Celastrus orbiculata Thunb., orth. var.   Asian bittersweet, Oriental bittersweet
 

Distribution:
Celastrus orbiculatus Thunb.

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Distribution Map Legend

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:

USA (AR, CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (NB, ON, QC)
 

Related Taxa:
Celastrus orbiculatus Thunb.

View 16 genera in Celastraceae, 3 species in Celastrus
 

Classification:
Celastrus orbiculatus Thunb.

Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the PLANTS Classification Report.
   
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 Celastrus L. – bittersweet
Species Celastrus orbiculatus Thunb. – Oriental bittersweet
 

Noxious Weed Information:
Celastrus orbiculatus Thunb.

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 noxious weed list for that location, or click here for a composite list of all Federal and State Noxious Weeds.

Connecticut:
oriental bittersweet              Invasive, banned
Massachusetts:
Oriental bittersweet, Asian or Asiatic bittersweet              Prohibited
New Hampshire:
Oriental bittersweet              Prohibited invasive Species
North Carolina:
Oriental bittersweet              Class C noxious weed
Vermont:
Oriental bittersweet              Class B noxious weed
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Celastrus orbiculatus Thunb.

Asiatic bittersweet
Oriental bittersweet

This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

STATE        Assorted authors. 200_. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
N'EAST        Uva, R.H., J.C. Neal, & J.M. DiTomaso. 1997. Weeds of the Northeast. Cornell University Press. Ithaca, New York. 397pp.
SEEPPC        Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council. 1996. Invasive exotic pest plants in Tennessee (19 October 1999). Research Committee of the Tennessee Exotic Pest Plant Council. Tennessee.
WI        Hoffman, R. & K. Kearns (eds.). 1997. Wisconsin manual of control recommendations for ecologically invasive plants. Wisconsin Dept. Natural Resources. Madison, Wisconsin. 102pp.
 

Introduced Information:
Celastrus orbiculatus Thunb.

This plant is introduced to the United States from another country or countries. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of U.S. introduced plants.

Scientific Name= A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | all
Common Name= A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | all
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Celastrus orbiculatus Thunb.

Celastrus orbiculata:

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
UPL,NI UPL* NI NI NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status
 

More Accounts and Images:
Celastrus orbiculatus Thunb.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 506068.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

 

Related Web Sites:
Celastrus orbiculatus Thunb.

CT-Invasive Plant Species Identification Sheets (USDA NRCS)

IL-Vegetation Management Guidelines (Nature Preserve Commission)

MA-Massachusetts Non-Native Plant Introductions

ME-Invasive Plant Fact Sheets (DNR)

NPCI Alien Plant Working Group: abstract & image

NY-Invasive Plant Council of New York State-Top 20

The Nature Conservancy: Wildland Weeds Management & Research Program

VA-Invasive Alien Plant Species of Virginia

 
 
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