Oriental Bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculatus Thunb.)
Also known as Chinese bittersweet, Asian bittersweet, round-leaved bittersweet, Asiatic bittersweet.
↑Summary
Introduced from East Asia, and widely considered an invasive plant. Out-competing the native Celastrus scandens in many areas.
↑Range - Expand
| Legend | Color |
| Introduced | |
| Introduced or Not Present |
This tentative map is based on our own research. It may have limited data on Canada and/or Mexico, and there is some subjectivity in our assignment of plants as introduced vs. expanded. Read more in this blog post.
Although this plant occurs somewhere in each of these regions, it may only occur in a small part of some or all of them.
This species is also introduced in Canada; we have yet to build this portion of its map.
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↑Links & External Resources
• Oriental Bittersweet | Fire Effects Information System (FEIS) (About This Site)
• Celastrus orbiculatus (Oriental Bittersweet) | Illinois Wildflowers (About This Site)
• Celastrus orbiculatus (Oriental Bittersweet) | USDA PLANTS Database (About This Site)
• Celastrus orbiculatus | Go Botany (About This Site)
• Celastrus orbiculatus (Oriental Bittersweet) | Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Finder (About This Site)
• Asian Bittersweet | Virginia Tech Dendrology Factsheets (About This Site)
• Celastrus orbiculatus (Asiatic bittersweet) | CABI Invasive Species Compendium (About This Site)
• Celastrus orbiculatus | Biota of North America Project (BONAP) (About This Site)
• Celastrus orbiculatus | NatureServe Explorer (About This Site)
• Celastrus orbiculatus | Flora of North America (About This Site)
• Celastrus orbiculatus | Missouri Plants (About This Site)
• Oriental Bittersweet | Maryland Biodiversity Project (About This Site)
• Celastrus orbiculatus Thunb. | Plants of the World Online (POWO) (About This Site)
• Celastrus orbiculatus Thunb. (Oriental Bittersweet) | Digital Atlas of the Virginia Flora (About This Site)
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