Euonymus fortunei

ClassificationDicots
FamilyCelastraceae
Family (Traditional)Celastraceae
GenusEuonymus
Species:Euonymus fortunei (Turcz.) Hand.-Mazz.
Common NameWinter Creeper; Wintercreeper; Climbing Euonymus
Growth Habitvine - liana
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: Yes; Woody Herbaceous: Woody; Invasive Rank: TN-IPC Established Threat; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: vine - liana; Region of Origin: Asia; Reproductive Phenology: May; Reproductive Phenology: June; Leaf Arrangement: opposite; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Evergreen; Leaf Petiole Type: petiolate; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaf Venation: pinnate; Leaflet Margins: entire; Leaflet Number: 0; Base Flower Color: Green; Base Flower Color: White; Fruit Dehiscence: Yes; Fruit Type: Capsule; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Pistil Number: 1; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 4
C value N/A
StatusNot Native; Invasive; KY[SNA] (State Rank); GNR (Global Rank)
Specimen(s) View and Download Specimen Details »

** Not applicable or data not available.

Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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  • Counties
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Ecoregions
  • Southeastern Plains
    • Blackland Prarie
  • Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Ridge and Valley
  • Cumberland Plateau
  • Cumberland Mountains
  • Allegheny Plateau
  • Interior Plateau
    • Bluegrass Region
    • Nashville Basin
    • Pennyroyal Karst Plain
    • Western Highland Rim
    • Eastern Highland Rim

Synonyms

SynonymFull Citation
Elaeodendron fortunei Elaeodendron fortunei Turcz.
Euonymus hederaceus Euonymus hederaceus

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Bell (KY), Boyle (KY), Bracken (KY), Bullitt (KY), Campbell (KY), Carter (KY), Christian (KY), Clark (KY), Estill (KY), Fayette (KY), Franklin (KY), Garrard (KY), Jackson (KY), Jefferson (KY), Kenton (KY), Lee (KY), Lewis (KY), Lincoln (KY), Lyon (KY), Madison (KY), Marion (KY), Mason (KY), Nicholas (KY), Oldham (KY), Powell (KY), Rowan (KY), Russell (KY), Scott (KY), Shelby (KY), Simpson (KY), Trigg (KY), Warren (KY), Washington (KY), Wayne (KY), Whitley (KY), Woodford (KY), Anderson (TN), Bledsoe (TN), Cannon (TN), Cheatham (TN), Coffee (TN), Davidson (TN), DeKalb (TN), Franklin (TN), Giles (TN), Hamilton (TN), Hickman (TN), Knox (TN), McMinn (TN), Marion (TN), Marshall (TN), Montgomery (TN), Overton (TN), Rutherford (TN), Stewart (TN), Sullivan (TN), Unicoi (TN), Van Buren (TN), Washington (TN), White (TN), Williamson (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, BEREA, BOON, EKY, ETSU, KNK, MDKY, MTSU, TENN, UCHT, UOS

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1922 - 2016

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
31234100379450 Fayette Kentucky 01 Jan 1997 Danny Husband
61
EKY
Euonymus fortunei
31234100379526 Marion Kentucky 12 Oct 1998 Timothy J. Weckman with Collin and Judith Weckman
4458
EKY
Euonymus fortunei
31234100379427 Bracken Kentucky 05 Jul 1999 Ross C. Clark
25049
EKY
Euonymus fortunei
31234100379583 Scott Kentucky 18 Apr 2006 Timothy J. Weckman
9849
EKY
Euonymus fortunei
31234100379567 Powell Kentucky 12 Nov 2002 Timothy J. Weckman
7882
EKY
Euonymus fortunei
31234100379492 Lincoln Kentucky 30 Oct 2003 Scott Slankard
64
EKY
Euonymus fortunei
31234100379419 Bracken Kentucky 21 Jun 1999 Ross C. Clark
24852
EKY
Euonymus fortunei
31234100379468 Fayette Kentucky 19 Mar 1966 Elizabeth M. Browne
11634
EKY
Euonymus fortunei
31234100379617 Wayne Kentucky 04 Apr 2002 Timothy J. Weckman
6938
EKY
Euonymus fortunei
31234100379534 Mason Kentucky 14 Jun 1999 Ross C. Clark
24777
EKY
Euonymus fortunei
31234100379435 Clark Kentucky 01 Sep 2000 Timothy J. Weckman
6088
EKY
Euonymus fortunei
31234100379542 Nicholas Kentucky 13 Jul 1999 Ross C. Clark
25109
EKY
Euonymus fortunei
31234100379625 Woodford Kentucky 07 May 2006 Timothy J. Weckman
10107
EKY
Euonymus fortunei
31234100379484 Lee Kentucky 28 May 1993 Timothy J. Weckman
321
EKY
Euonymus fortunei
31234100379575 Russell Kentucky 10 Mar 2006 Timothy J. Weckman
9733
EKY
Euonymus fortunei
31234100379609 Washington Kentucky 15 Mar 2006 Timothy J. Weckman
9823
EKY
Euonymus fortunei
31234100379476 Franklin Kentucky 30 Jul 1981 John MacGregor
FR-529
EKY
Euonymus fortunei
31234100379591 Shelby Kentucky 26 Apr 2006 Timothy J. Weckman
9918
EKY
Euonymus fortunei
BEREA012049 Lewis Kentucky
BEREA
Euonymus fortunei
BEREA012046 Bell Kentucky
BEREA
Euonymus fortunei
BEREA012052 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Euonymus fortunei
BEREA012054 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Euonymus fortunei
BEREA012050 Lewis Kentucky
BEREA
Euonymus fortunei
BEREA012053 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Euonymus fortunei
BEREA012057 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Euonymus fortunei
BEREA012059 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Euonymus fortunei
BEREA012060 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Euonymus fortunei
BEREA012047 Garrard Kentucky
BEREA
Euonymus fortunei
BEREA012048 Jackson Kentucky
BEREA
Euonymus fortunei
BEREA012056 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Euonymus fortunei
BEREA012051 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Euonymus fortunei
BEREA012055 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Euonymus fortunei
BEREA012058 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Euonymus fortunei
31973000008859 Campbell Kentucky
KNK
Euonymus fortunei
31973000008860 Bracken Kentucky
KNK
Euonymus fortunei
31973000008855 Kenton Kentucky
KNK
Euonymus fortunei
31973000008858 Warren Kentucky
KNK
Euonymus fortunei
31973000008856 Campbell Kentucky
KNK
Euonymus fortunei
31973000008865 Franklin Kentucky 28 May 1922 Didlake, Mary
s.n.
KNK
Euonymus fortunei
31973000008857 Madison Kentucky
KNK
Euonymus fortunei
MDKY00009221 Carter Kentucky
MDKY
Euonymus fortunei
MDKY00009222 Rowan Kentucky
MDKY
Euonymus fortunei
TENN-V-0142591 Overton Tennessee
TENN
Euonymus fortunei
TENN-V-0142580 Bledsoe Tennessee
TENN
Euonymus fortunei
TENN-V-0142578 Anderson Tennessee
TENN
Euonymus fortunei
TENN-V-0142590 McMinn Tennessee
TENN
Euonymus fortunei
TENN-V-0142587 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Euonymus fortunei
TENN-V-0142595 Hamilton Tennessee
TENN
Euonymus hederaceus
TENN-V-0142589 Marshall Tennessee
TENN
Euonymus fortunei
TENN-V-0142594 Washington Tennessee
TENN
Euonymus fortunei
TENN-V-0142585 Giles Tennessee
TENN
Euonymus fortunei
TENN-V-0142593 Van Buren Tennessee
TENN
Euonymus fortunei
TENN-V-0142581 Cheatham Tennessee
TENN
Euonymus fortunei
TENN-V-0142588 Marion Tennessee
TENN
Euonymus fortunei
TENN-V-0142586 Hamilton Tennessee
TENN
Euonymus fortunei
UCHT018848 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Euonymus fortunei
013789 Hamilton Tennessee
BOON
Euonymus fortunei
APSC0018769 Rutherford Tennessee
APSC
Euonymus fortunei
APSC0018765 Giles Tennessee
APSC
Euonymus fortunei
APSC0087903 Warren Kentucky
APSC
Euonymus fortunei
APSC0032391 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Euonymus fortunei
APSC0054002 Simpson Kentucky 09 Apr 2016 Mason Brock
APSC
Euonymus fortunei
APSC0018764 Christian Kentucky 13 Sep 2012 Kelly Anderson
APSC
Euonymus fortunei
APSC0087756 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Euonymus fortunei
APSC0072886 White Tennessee
APSC
Euonymus fortunei
APSC0042318 Marion Tennessee
APSC
Euonymus fortunei
APSC0018772 Williamson Tennessee
APSC
Euonymus fortunei
APSC0069704 Bullitt Kentucky 07 May 1984 Max Medley
APSC
Euonymus fortunei
APSC0045287 Davidson Tennessee
APSC
Euonymus fortunei
APSC0018761 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Euonymus fortunei
APSC0051156 Hickman Tennessee
APSC
Euonymus fortunei
APSC0111167 Fayette Kentucky
APSC
Euonymus fortunei
APSC0079458 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Euonymus fortunei
APSC0074810 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Euonymus fortunei
APSC0081295 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Euonymus fortunei
APSC0099768 Coffee Tennessee
APSC
Euonymus fortunei
APSC0018766 Giles Tennessee
APSC
Euonymus fortunei
APSC0087746 Whitley Kentucky
APSC
Euonymus fortunei
APSC0078389 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Euonymus fortunei
APSC0087757 Oldham Kentucky
APSC
Euonymus fortunei
APSC0018763 Lyon Kentucky
APSC
Euonymus fortunei
APSC0018762 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Euonymus fortunei
APSC0100013 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Euonymus fortunei
APSC0018770 Rutherford Tennessee
APSC
Euonymus fortunei
APSC0018768 Giles Tennessee
APSC
Euonymus fortunei
MTSU011297 Coffee Tennessee 23 Oct 2006 Paul Fowler
MTSU
Euonymus fortunei
MTSU011321 Williamson Tennessee 04 Oct 2002 Dwayne Coleman
MTSU
Euonymus fortunei
MTSU011273 Cannon Tennessee 07 Aug 2005 Kurt E. Blum
MTSU
Euonymus fortunei
MTSU011322 Rutherford Tennessee 18 Nov 1986 Scott Taylor
MTSU
Euonymus fortunei
MTSU011325 Davidson Tennessee 02 Nov 2009 Richard Marko
94
MTSU
Euonymus fortunei
MTSU011281 Williamson Tennessee 14 Apr 1987 Diane Pearse
MTSU
Euonymus fortunei
MTSU011324 Rutherford Tennessee 16 Oct 2011 Stephanie Holden
38
MTSU
Euonymus fortunei
MTSU011323 Rutherford Tennessee 29 Nov 1986 Matt Vehr
MTSU
Euonymus fortunei
MTSU011326 Rutherford Tennessee 08 Dec 2005 Wes Cunningham
MTSU
Euonymus fortunei
MTSU011320 Rutherford Tennessee 22 Nov 2008 Rebecca Houser
45
MTSU
Euonymus fortunei
MTSU011272 Rutherford Tennessee 03 Dec 2007 Leonela Carriedo
40
MTSU
Euonymus fortunei
UOS02237 Van Buren Tennessee 11 Jul 2001 Chris A. Fleming
UOS
Euonymus hederaceus
UOS02236 Franklin Tennessee 28 Apr 2009 Jon Evans
UOS
Euonymus hederaceus
UOS02235 Franklin Tennessee 09 Apr 2005 Jon Evans
UOS
Euonymus hederaceus
BEREA025963 Garrard Kentucky
BEREA
Euonymus fortunei
31234100791332 Clark Kentucky
EKY
Euonymus fortunei
ETSU015463 Unicoi Tennessee
RF2032
ETSU
Euonymus fortunei
ETSU015464 Sullivan Tennessee
ETSU
Euonymus fortunei
ETSU031861 Sullivan Tennessee James T Donaldson
ETSU
Euonymus fortunei
31234100379518 Marion Kentucky 03 Apr 1999 Ross C. Clark
24151
EKY
Euonymus fortunei
31234100379559 Oldham Kentucky 16 Apr 2006 Timothy J. Weckman
9840
EKY
Euonymus fortunei
31234100379443 Estill Kentucky 19 May 2006 Timothy J. Weckman
10341
EKY
Euonymus fortunei
31234100379401 Boyle Kentucky 30 May 2000 Timothy J. Weckman
5696
EKY
Euonymus fortunei
31234100766193 Madison Kentucky 10 May 2016 Thomas McFadden
241
EKY
Euonymus fortunei
31234100379500 Madison Kentucky 07 Jun 1994 Gary W. Libby and J. Richard Abbott
OB-916
EKY
Euonymus fortunei
TENN-V-0142579 Anderson Tennessee
TENN
Euonymus fortunei
TENN-V-0142596 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Euonymus hederaceus
TENN-V-0142583 Davidson Tennessee
TENN
Euonymus fortunei
TENN-V-0142582 Davidson Tennessee
TENN
Euonymus fortunei
TENN-V-0142584 DeKalb Tennessee
TENN
Euonymus fortunei
TENN-V-0142592 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Euonymus fortunei
UCHT018847 Marion Tennessee
UCHT
Euonymus fortunei
APSC0076286 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Euonymus fortunei
APSC0086401 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Euonymus fortunei
APSC0018771 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Euonymus fortunei
APSC0018767 Hamilton Tennessee
APSC
Euonymus fortunei
APSC0085936 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Euonymus fortunei
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