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NC Native Plant Society:
Plant Details

Euonymus alatus

Winged Euonymus, Burning Bush, Winged Wahoo

Scientific Name:

Euonymus alatus

Genus:

Euonymus

Species Epithet:

alatus

Common Name:

Winged Euonymus, Burning Bush, Winged Wahoo

Plant Type

Shrub

Life Cycle

Perennial

Plant Family

Celastraceae (Bittersweet Family)

Native/Alien:

Not Native to US

Invasive Status:

Rank 2 - Significant Threat (*Key)

Size:

3-6 ft., 6-12 ft.

Bloom Color(s):

Yellow, Green

Light:

Sun - 6 or more hours of sun per day, Part Shade - 2 to 6 hours of sun per day, Less than 2 hours of sun per day

Soil Moisture:

Dry, Moist

Bloom Time:

April, May, June

Growing Area:

Mountains, Piedmont, Coastal Plain

Habitat Description:

Suburban woodlands. Weakley (2015) shows it as a rare non-native throughout NC, but it is spreading.

Leaf Arrangement:

Opposite

Leaf Retention:

Deciduous

Leaf Type:

Leaves veined, not needle-like or scale-like

Leaf Form:

Simple

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Wildlife Value:

Has some wildlife value

Landscape Value:

Not Recommended for home landscapes

State Rank:

(*Key)

Global Rank:

GNR: Unknown (*Key)

State Status:

(*Key)

Notes:

Native of east Asia, this plant is widely sold in the landscape trade, and is highly invasive.

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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Black Mountain
© MB Baumeister

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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Black Mountain
© MB Baumeister

Seeds

Here are the seeds in the autumn, all the little red ovals. The plants are full of them.

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Black Mountain
© MB Baumeister

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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Black Mountain
© MB Baumeister

Opposite, deciduous leaves with sessile (or nearly so), finely toothed leaves. The inconspicuous 4-petaled flowers are pale greenish-yellow. Older twigs and branches have corky "wings".

Forsyth Co., NC

The Scientific Name is Euonymus alatus. You will likely hear them called Winged Euonymus, Burning Bush, Winged Wahoo. This picture shows the Opposite, deciduous leaves with sessile (or nearly so), finely toothed leaves. The inconspicuous 4-petaled flowers are pale greenish-yellow. Older twigs and branches have corky

Lisa Lofland Gould

The brilliant red fall foliage gives this plant the name "Burning Bush".

Washington Co. RI

The Scientific Name is Euonymus alatus. You will likely hear them called Winged Euonymus, Burning Bush, Winged Wahoo. This picture shows the The brilliant red fall foliage gives this plant the name

Lisa Lofland Gould

Links:

USDA PLANTS Database Record



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