Plant Details
Euonymus alatus
Burning Bush
Scientific Name: |
Euonymus alatus |
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Common Name: |
Burning Bush |
Plant Family |
Celastraceae (Bittersweet Family) |
Native/Alien: |
Alien |
Invasive Status: |
Rank 2 - Significant Threat (*) |
Type: |
Shrub |
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Young Plants Showing Fall Color It's perfectly plain why it would be a desirable garden plant - just check this autumn color!
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Colony Showing Fall Color Here is a young mother plant, towering over my head. Very pretty! Note all the teenage plants to either side, however. They also are mothers. :(
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Seeds Here are the seeds in the autumn, all the little red ovals. The plants are full of them.
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Invasive Infants Marked with yellow in the photo, infants at the end of their first season, are only several inches tall. As far as I can tell every seed is good and all the infants healthy. I've never seen a dead infant other than the ones I pulled up and killed. The seeds go everywhere. :(
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Links: |
USDA PLANTS Database Record Bird-Friendly Native Plants |
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