Celastrus Species, Asiatic Bittersweet, Chinese Bittersweet, Oriental Bittersweet
Celastrusorbiculatus
Synonym
Celastrus
articulata
Celastrus
articulatus
This plant is EXTREMELY HORRIFICALLY INVASIVE everywhere in the Eastern US! This plant is spread by birds that eat the red berries, they ...Read More
This is a horrible, aggressive strangler of cultivated trees and shrubs and an invasive destroyer of natural habitat in eastern N. Americ...Read More
This is a plant you should try to eliminate if you been uninformed enough to plant it. We have seen Oriental Bittersweet topple even lar...Read More
A NIGHTMARE. If you live in North America, do not buy this plant. It's a horribly invasive non-native. It is destroying native plants ...Read More
This horrible invasive is strangling native trees and shrubs (that wildlife depend on) all over New England and parts south of here. It'...Read More
It is a shame to see that this plant is still being sold. The destruction it has caused to the wooded areas in my state is frightening to...Read More
Extremely invasive in my area of the northeast. It's not too difficult to keep it out of managed gardens or a regularly mowed lawn but if...Read More
The American Bittersweet is often confused with the Oriental Bittersweet. The Oriental Bittersweet is INVASIVE. Before removing or planti...Read More
This plant has invaded our property in New Hampshire. We have dug up roots, pulled old bittersweet growth out, cut much growth, unwound ...Read More
Very invasive! In my yard it would creep underground and pop up anywhere, even as much as 40 yards away from any previously known locatio...Read More
I have taken up tissue culture of this plant using immature emryos as explants and was very successful in developing a complete regenerat...Read More
I am doing Ph.D. on tissue culture and propagation studies of Celastrus paniculatus Willd. I would like to share my experiences about its...Read More
Very, very invasive in the northeast and mid-Atlantic states. Birds spread it by seed and it grows from the root. It is very, very hard t...Read More
very invasive. will kill trees and schrubs if allowed to climb them. strangles trees by setting into the bark 1/4" per year. cutting ba...Read More
Flowers early summer, fruits autumn. Rounded, scalloped to toothed leaves have pointed tips and turn yellow in autumn. Grrn flowers ar in...Read More