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§1 Plant
Celastrus orbiculatus Thunb.
vernacular Oriental bittersweet — species · Celastraceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Vine
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Celastraceae R. Br.
- Genus
- Celastrus
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
§2b
County-level range
· 179 counties across 20 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Medium
- Shade
- Low
- Moisture use
- High
- Fire
- High
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- None
- CaCO₃
- Medium
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -38 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 100 min.
- Precipitation
- 30–60 in/yr
- pH range
- 5–7.5
- Root depth
- 18 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Thicket Forming
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Lifespan
- Moderate
- Mature height
- 30 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 30 ft
- Foliage texture
- Coarse
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Flower colour
- White
- Fruit colour
- Orange
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Spring
- Seed abundance
- High
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Moderate
- Stratify
- Yes
- Seeds / lb
- 53,760
- Propagation
- seed, bare root, container
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- Yes
- Browse palatability
- Low
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- No
- Protein potential
- Low
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 179 counties across 20 states/territories.
Arkansas view state ↗ 1 I ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 11 I ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 29 I ▾
- Bath 21011
- Bell 21013
- Campbell 21037
- Carroll 21041
- Carter 21043
- Clay 21051
- Fayette 21067
- Fleming 21069
- Harlan 21095
- Harrison 21097
- Jefferson 21111
- Kenton 21117
- Knox 21121
- Laurel 21125
- Leslie 21131
- Lewis 21135
- Madison 21151
- McCracken 21145
- Nicholas 21181
- Perry 21193
- Pike 21195
- Powell 21197
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Scott 21209
- Trimble 21223
- Warren 21227
- Wayne 21231
- Wolfe 21237
Maine view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 14 I ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 3 I ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 3 I ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 15 I ▾
New York view state ↗ 20 I ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 23 I ▾
- Allegheny 42003
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bucks 42017
- Chester 42029
- Cumberland 42041
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Erie 42049
- Fayette 42051
- Forest 42053
- Fulton 42057
- Lancaster 42071
- Lehigh 42077
- Montgomery 42091
- Montour 42093
- Northumberland 42097
- Philadelphia 42101
- Pike 42103
- Warren 42123
- Washington 42125
- Westmoreland 42129
Rhode Island view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 10 I ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 27 I ▾
- Albemarle 51003
- Amherst 51009
- Arlington 51013
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Botetourt 51023
- Caroline 51033
- Charles City 51036
- Clarke 51043
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Greene 51079
- Hanover 51085
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King George 51099
- Loudoun 51107
- Madison 51113
- Middlesex 51119
- Montgomery 51121
- New Kent 51127
- Nottoway 51135
- Prince William 51153
- Rappahannock 51157
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Warren 51187
West Virginia view state ↗ 7 I ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CEOR7 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3169169 ↗Record version
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