Euonymus fortunei
Euonymus fortunei winter creeper
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Invasive Chinese evergreen vine, the stems are creeping or climbing by aerial rootlets.
Habitat & Range
Cultivated and occasionally naturalized in floodplain forests.
Mostly present in the south-east.
Wetland code: Not classified
Phenology
Flowers May through June.
Fruits October through winter.
Leaves stay green throughout the winter.
Characteristics
Flowers greenish-white, produced on horizontal non-rootlet-bearing branches
Leaves ovate-elliptic
Euonymus fortunei winter creeper
Early leaves
Plant form & habitat
Leaf detail
Leaves
Stem with rootlets
Plant in fruit
Plant Summary
woody vine
invasive
flower color: white-green
Common Names
winter creeper
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