North Carolina Native Plants Society - Native Plants Gallery - Celastrus orbiculatus - Oriental Bittersweet

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Celastrus orbiculatus

Oriental Bittersweet

Native/Alien:	Alien
Invasive Status:	Rank 1 - Severe Threat^(*)
Type:	Vine
Size:	50+ ft
Light:	Sun - Shade
Soil Moisture:	Mesic^(*)
Bloom Time:	May - June
Bloom Area:	Mountains
Vine Alternate leafed M Baumeister
Close Up of Stem and Forming Berries M Baumeister
Leaves M Baumeister Fast growing vine with lovely brilliant orange berries, dearly beloved of craftspeople for both the vines and the berries. Let it get up your trees, and it will kill them, winding tightly around the trunk and branches, smothering all in its climb to the sun. It hasn't the little "feet" of ivy, but little spurs that hook onto the roughness of tree bark and keep the vine from sliding down. Not thorns, they won't prick you, just little pointy nubs, just enough to hook onto a rough surface.
Links:	USDA PLANTS Database Record PCA Plants USGA Plants

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