Celastrus orbiculatus
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Photo courtesy National Park Service |
| Botanical name: | Celastrus orbiculatus Thunb. |
| Common name: | oriental bittersweet |
| Group: | dicot |
| Family: | Celastraceae |
| Growth type: | vine |
| Duration: | perennial |
| Origin: | introduced - invasive |
| Plant height: | vigorous, woody vine |
| Foliage: | alternate, glossy leaves, finely toothed, very rounded |
| Flower: | flowers in small axilary clusters; prolific fruiter, with fruit emerging at many points |
| Habitat: | forest edges, woodlands, fields, hedgerows, coastal areas and salt marsh edges |
| Range in New Jersey: | statewide |
| Heritage ranking, if any: | n/a |
| Distribution: |  |
| Misc. | reproduces prolifically by seed, which is readily dispersed to new areas by many species of birds. For more information: http://www.nps.gov/plants/alien/fact/ceor1.htm |