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§1 Plant

Euonymus atropurpureus Jacq.

vernacular burningbush — species · Celastraceae

USDA
EUAT5
GBIF
3169121
Rank
species
burningbush (Euonymus atropurpureus)
Platephotograph · Nancy ScottCC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Shrub, Tree
Duration
Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Celastraceae R. Br.
Genus
Euonymus
§2a

Native status, by region

  • CAN Canada Native
  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 600 counties across 26 states/territories
Legend Native · 600 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
Medium
Shade
Low
Moisture use
Low
Fire
Low
Salinity
Low
Anaerobic
Low
CaCO₃
Low
Hedging
Low
§3b

Climate & soil

pH range
5–8
Root depth
12 in min.
Fertility need
Low
Soil texture
coarse, medium, fine
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Multiple Stem
Growth rate
Slow
Lifespan
Short
Mature height
10 ft
Height @ 20 y
25 ft
Foliage texture
Coarse
Foliage colour
Dark Green
Porosity (summer)
Moderate
Porosity (winter)
Porous
Flower colour
Purple
Fruit colour
Red
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
None
Toxicity
Moderate
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Late Spring
Seed abundance
Medium
Seed begins
Fall
Seed ends
Fall
Spread rate
Slow
Stratify
Yes
Seeds / lb
11,500
Propagation
cuttings
§3e

Use & availability

Nursery stock
No
Palatable, human
No
Protein potential
Low
Lumber
No
Fuelwood
Low
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 600 counties across 26 states/territories.

Alabama view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 31 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 90 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 76 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 53 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 81 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 27 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 8 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 16 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 17 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 31 N ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 1 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 42 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 30 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 30 N ▾

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/EUAT5 ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/3169121 ↗

Record version

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