American Bittersweet (Celastrus scandens L.)
↑Summary
A vine with a wide distribution in northeastern and central North America, declining in many areas to due competition from the introduced Celastrus orbiculatus.
↑Range - Expand
| Legend | Color |
| Native | |
| Native 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.
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↑Links & External Resources
• Celastrus scandens (American Bittersweet) | Illinois Wildflowers (About This Site)
• Celastrus scandens (American Bittersweet) | USDA PLANTS Database (About This Site)
• Celastrus scandens | Go Botany (About This Site)
• Celastrus scandens (American Bittersweet) | Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Finder (About This Site)
• American Bittersweet | Virginia Tech Dendrology Factsheets (About This Site)
• Celastrus scandens | Biota of North America Project (BONAP) (About This Site)
• Celastrus scandens | NatureServe Explorer (About This Site)
• Celastrus scandens | Flora of North America (About This Site)
• Celastrus scandens | Missouri Plants (About This Site)
• American Bittersweet | Maryland Biodiversity Project (About This Site)
• Celastrus scandens L. (Climbing Bittersweet, American Bittersweet) | Digital Atlas of the Virginia Flora (About This Site)
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