celastrus orbiculatus

Celastrus orbiculatus is a woody vine of the Celastraceae family.

What I got, and foolishly planted anyway, was the Oriental variety Celastrus orbiculatus.

Celastrus orbiculatus (I)

The larvae feed on Tripterygium regelii, Celastrus orbiculatus and Euonymus alatus.

When Celastrus orbiculatus grows by itself, it forms thickets; when it is near a tree or shrub, the vines twist themselves around the trunk.

Celastrus orbiculatus was introduced into North America in 1879, and is considered to be an invasive species in eastern North America.

Another catalogue waxes eloquent about the beauty, the vigor and the appealingly twisted growth of another vine, Oriental bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculatus).

Celastrus orbiculatus (Asiatic staff vine), Toxicodendron radicans (Poison-ivy), Vitis sp.

Different plant species can have different root pressures even in a similar environment; examples include up to 145 kPa in Vitis riparia but around zero in Celastrus orbiculatus.

It isn't out of love that Norway maple (Acer platanoides) and Oriental bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculatus) are found nearly everywhere - it's out of their gumption and gardeners' neglect.

Species Profile- Oriental Bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculatus), National Invasive Species Information Center, United States National Agricultural Library.