Euonymus alatus

ClassificationDicots
FamilyCelastraceae
Family (Traditional)Celastraceae
GenusEuonymus
Species:Euonymus alatus (Thunb.) Siebold
Common NameBurningbush; Winged Euonymus; Spindletree
Growth Habitshrub
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: Yes; Woody Herbaceous: Woody; Invasive Rank: TN-IPC Established Threat; Natural Area Presence: FCFSP; Natural Area Presence: GILES; Natural Area Presence: GRSM; Natural Area Presence: LULA; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: shrub; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Moisture Requirements: Mesic; Region of Origin: Asia; Reproductive Phenology: April; Reproductive Phenology: May; Reproductive Phenology: June; Leaf Arrangement: opposite; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: petiolate; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaf Venation: pinnate; Leaflet Margins: serrulate; 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.

  • State Boundaries
  • Counties
  • Counties - Species Present
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
Euonymus alata Euonymus alata (Thunb.) Siebold, orth.

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: Anderson (KY), Boyle (KY), Campbell (KY), Carroll (KY), Carter (KY), Casey (KY), Fayette (KY), Garrard (KY), Hardin (KY), Jefferson (KY), Jessamine (KY), Kenton (KY), Knox (KY), Laurel (KY), Lewis (KY), Lincoln (KY), Madison (KY), Magoffin (KY), Martin (KY), Mercer (KY), Monroe (KY), Nelson (KY), Nicholas (KY), Oldham (KY), Owsley (KY), Pulaski (KY), Robertson (KY), Rowan (KY), Scott (KY), Shelby (KY), Trigg (KY), Anderson (TN), Blount (TN), Cheatham (TN), Clay (TN), Davidson (TN), Decatur (TN), Franklin (TN), Giles (TN), Greene (TN), Hamilton (TN), Henry (TN), Hickman (TN), Jefferson (TN), Knox (TN), Marion (TN), Maury (TN), Meigs (TN), Montgomery (TN), Moore (TN), Morgan (TN), Rhea (TN), Roane (TN), Rutherford (TN), Scott (TN), Sevier (TN), Shelby (TN), Stewart (TN), Sullivan (TN), Union (TN), Van Buren (TN), Warren (TN), Washington (TN), Williamson (TN)

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

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1962 - 2016

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
31234100377017 Owsley Kentucky 03 May 2006 Timothy J. Weckman
10026
EKY
Euonymus alata
31234100376803 Carroll Kentucky 19 Apr 1995 Timothy J. Weckman
1300
EKY
Euonymus alatus
31234100376985 Nicholas Kentucky 04 Jun 1997 Ronald L. Jones
8194
EKY
Euonymus alata
31234100376852 Hardin Kentucky 07 Apr 2007 Jessica Tompkins
EKY
Euonymus alata
BEREA012033 Monroe Kentucky
BEREA
Euonymus alatus
31973000008866 Nicholas Kentucky
KNK
Euonymus alata
31973000008871 Campbell Kentucky
KNK
Euonymus alata
TENN-V-0142281 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Euonymus alatus
TENN-V-0142277 Rhea Tennessee
TENN
Euonymus alatus
TENN-V-0142263 Davidson Tennessee
TENN
Euonymus alatus
TENN-V-0142269 Hickman Tennessee
TENN
Euonymus alatus
TENN-V-0142268 Hamilton Tennessee
TENN
Euonymus alatus
TENN-V-0142287 Union Tennessee
TENN
Euonymus alatus
TENN-V-0142284 Shelby Tennessee
TENN
Euonymus alatus
31234100376928 Madison Kentucky 26 Jul 1993 Timothy J. Weckman
418
EKY
Euonymus alatus
31234100376969 Martin Kentucky 15 Jun 2006 Timothy J. Weckman
10707
EKY
Euonymus alata
31234100376894 Knox Kentucky 24 Mar 2007 Heather Mabe
3
EKY
Euonymus alata
31234100376878 Jessamine Kentucky 21 Apr 1978 Johnnie B. Varner
11532
EKY
Euonymus alata
31234100376910 Lincoln Kentucky 30 Oct 2003 Scott Slankard
61
EKY
Euonymus alata
BEREA012030 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Euonymus alatus
BEREA012024 Lewis Kentucky
BEREA
Euonymus alatus
BEREA012031 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Euonymus alatus
31973000008870 Kenton Kentucky
KNK
Euonymus alata
31973000008872 Kenton Kentucky
KNK
Euonymus alata
MDKY00009184 Magoffin Kentucky
MDKY
Euonymus alatus
TENN-V-0142290 Washington Tennessee
TENN
Euonymus alatus
TENN-V-0142279 Roane Tennessee
TENN
Euonymus alatus
UCHT018796 Marion Tennessee
UCHT
Euonymus alatus
31234100376993 Nicholas Kentucky 14 Jul 1999 Ross C. Clark
25193
EKY
Euonymus alata
31234100376787 Anderson Kentucky 18 Jul 1978 William S . Bryant
205
EKY
Euonymus alata
31234100376795 Boyle Kentucky 15 Apr 2005 Timothy J. Weckman
9114
EKY
Euonymus alata
31234100376829 Fayette Kentucky 08 May 1962 Elizabeth M. Browne, Edward T. Browne, Jr.
5154
EKY
Euonymus alatus
31234100376837 Hardin Kentucky 30 Apr 1995 Timothy J. Weckman, Judith E. Rozeman
1370
EKY
Euonymus alatus
BEREA012029 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Euonymus alatus
31973000008869 Campbell Kentucky
KNK
Euonymus alata
TENN-V-0142278 Roane Tennessee
TENN
Euonymus alatus
TENN-V-0142265 Decatur Tennessee
TENN
Euonymus alatus
TENN-V-0142282 Scott Tennessee
TENN
Euonymus alatus
TENN-V-0142285 Shelby Tennessee
TENN
Euonymus alatus
TENN-V-0142621 Jessamine Kentucky
TENN
Euonymus alata
TENN-V-0142276 Morgan Tennessee
TENN
Euonymus alatus
APSC0051145 Decatur Tennessee
APSC
Euonymus alatus
31234100376936 Madison Kentucky 01 Sep 1992 Judith E. Rozeman
81
EKY
Euonymus alata
BEREA012027 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Euonymus alatus
BEREA012026 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Euonymus alatus
BEREA012025 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Euonymus alatus
TENN-V-0142288 Union Tennessee
TENN
Euonymus alatus
TENN-V-0142280 Roane Tennessee
TENN
Euonymus alatus
TENN-V-0142259 Anderson Tennessee
TENN
Euonymus alata
TENN-V-0142286 Sullivan Tennessee
TENN
Euonymus alatus
TENN-V-0142260 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Euonymus alata
TENN-V-0142272 Marion Tennessee
TENN
Euonymus alatus
TENN-V-0142274 Marion Tennessee
TENN
Euonymus alatus
TENN-V-0142262 Clay Tennessee
TENN
Euonymus alata
UCHT018791 Davidson Tennessee
UCHT
Euonymus alatus
APSC0089795 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Euonymus alatus
APSC0059354 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Euonymus alatus
31234100377025 Robertson Kentucky 30 Oct 2002 Timothy J. Weckman
7859
EKY
Euonymus alata
31234100376951 Madison Kentucky 18 Jul 1965 B. S. Blakenship
EKY
Euonymus alata
31234100376845 Hardin Kentucky 30 Apr 1995 Timothy J. Weckman
1370
EKY
Euonymus alata
31234100377041 Shelby Kentucky 26 Apr 2006 Timothy J. Weckman
9911
EKY
Euonymus alata
BEREA012028 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Euonymus alatus
31973000008868 Campbell Kentucky
KNK
Euonymus alata
MDKY00009186 Carter Kentucky
MDKY
Euonymus alatus
TENN-V-0142270 Jefferson Tennessee
TENN
Euonymus alatus
TENN-V-0142275 Meigs Tennessee
TENN
Euonymus alatus
UCHT018795 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Euonymus alatus
APSC0051146 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Euonymus alatus
APSC0087754 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Euonymus alatus
APSC0018844 Rutherford Tennessee
APSC
Euonymus alatus
APSC0107643 Nelson Kentucky
APSC
Euonymus alata
MTSU011290 Rutherford Tennessee 19 Oct 2003 Jeremy Spiess
MTSU
Euonymus alatus
31234100376944 Madison Kentucky 18 Oct 1993 Gary W. Libby
OB-633
EKY
Euonymus alata
31234100376811 Fayette Kentucky 01 Jan 1997 Danny Husband
510
EKY
Euonymus alata
31234100377009 Oldham Kentucky 16 Apr 2006 T. J. Weckman, J. E. Weckman, B. O'Gara
9842
EKY
Euonymus alatus
31234100376902 Laurel Kentucky 01 Nov 2008 G.K. Stillings
29
EKY
Euonymus alata
BEREA012032 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Euonymus alatus
MDKY00009185 Rowan Kentucky
MDKY
Euonymus alatus
TENN-V-0142273 Marion Tennessee
TENN
Euonymus alatus
TENN-V-0142267 Greene Tennessee
TENN
Euonymus alatus
APSC0113436 Davidson Tennessee
APSC
Euonymus alatus
APSC0077395 Pulaski Kentucky
APSC
Euonymus alatus
APSC0118668 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Euonymus alatus
APSC0058816 Clay Tennessee
APSC
Euonymus alatus
MTSU011289 Rutherford Tennessee 03 Nov 2002 Andrea Wonnell
MTSU
Euonymus alatus
TENN-V-0244365 Davidson Tennessee
TENN
Euonymus alatus
MEM015783 Shelby Tennessee 07 Oct 1980 Elizabeth M. Browne, Edward T. Browne Jr.
80H3.1
MEM
Euonymus alatus
APSC0018846 Anderson Tennessee
APSC
Euonymus alatus
UOS02225 Van Buren Tennessee 23 May 2001 Chris A. Fleming
UOS
Euonymus alatus
MTSU011279 Giles Tennessee 12 Apr 1988 David McGavock
MTSU
Euonymus alatus
MTSU011292 Warren Tennessee 28 Oct 2001 Mark Taylor
MTSU
Euonymus alatus
N/A Franklin Tennessee 13 Nov 2002 Jeanne Lumpkin
UOS
Euonymus alatus
UOS02227 Franklin Tennessee 06 Nov 2001 Mary P. Priestley
UOS
Euonymus alatus
UOS02226 Franklin Tennessee 29 Jul 2008 Mary P. Priestley
UOS
Euonymus alatus
MTSU011280 Rutherford Tennessee 25 Apr 1980 John Douglas
39
MTSU
Euonymus alatus
MTSU011282 Anderson Tennessee 18 Oct 2010 Daniel Estabrooks
11
MTSU
Euonymus alatus
BEREA025957 Garrard Kentucky
BEREA
Euonymus alatus
BEREA025949 Garrard Kentucky
BEREA
Euonymus alata
31234100377033 Scott Kentucky 18 Apr 2006 Timothy J. Weckman
9891
EKY
Euonymus alata
31234100376977 Mercer Kentucky 13 Jul 1991 David D. Taylor
15951
EKY
Euonymus alata
TENN-V-0142264 Davidson Tennessee
TENN
Euonymus alatus
TENN-V-0142289 Van Buren Tennessee
TENN
Euonymus alatus
TENN-V-0142271 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Euonymus alatus
TENN-V-0142266 Giles Tennessee
TENN
Euonymus alatus
TENN-V-0142283 Sevier Tennessee
TENN
Euonymus alatus
UCHT018790 Marion Tennessee
UCHT
Euonymus alatus
MTSU011287 Rutherford Tennessee 20 Apr 2009 Rebecca Houser
95
MTSU
Euonymus alatus
MTSU011291 Williamson Tennessee 29 Oct 2003 Phillip Hulan
MTSU
Euonymus alatus
MEM013062 Shelby Tennessee 02 May 1972 Elizabeth M. Browne, Edward T. Browne Jr.
72B1.1
MEM
Euonymus alatus
TENN-V-0142619 Casey Kentucky
TENN
Euonymus alata
TENN-V-0142261 Cheatham Tennessee
TENN
Euonymus alata
APSC0089794 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Euonymus alatus
APSC0087747 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Euonymus alatus
APSC0089821 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Euonymus alatus
APSC0018845 Anderson Tennessee
APSC
Euonymus alatus
APSC0048220 Davidson Tennessee
APSC
Euonymus alatus
MTSU011293 Davidson Tennessee 06 Oct 2009 Richard Marko
89
MTSU
Euonymus alatus
MTSU011283 Rutherford Tennessee 20 Nov 2008 Rebecca Houser
44
MTSU
Euonymus alatus
MTSU011285 Rutherford Tennessee 18 Nov 2001 Keath Brown
MTSU
Euonymus alatus
MTSU011288 Moore Tennessee 08 Nov 2003 Christopher G. Meyer
MTSU
Euonymus alatus
31234100376860 Jefferson Kentucky 27 Apr 2006 Patricia D. Haragan
825
EKY
Euonymus alata
31234100376886 Jefferson Kentucky 07 Apr 1996 Timothy J. Weckman
2355
EKY
Euonymus alata
MDKY00009183 Rowan Kentucky
MDKY
Euonymus alatus
TENN-V-0142258 Anderson Tennessee
TENN
Euonymus alata
013756 Shelby Tennessee
BOON
Euonymus alatus
APSC0084692 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Euonymus alatus
APSC0074775 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Euonymus alatus
APSC0098700 Henry Tennessee
APSC
Euonymus alatus
APSC0089796 Oldham Kentucky
APSC
Euonymus alatus
MTSU011286 Rutherford Tennessee 08 Nov 2006 Paul Fowler
MTSU
Euonymus alatus
MTSU011284 Maury Tennessee 17 Apr 2010 Lisa Franklin
8
MTSU
Euonymus alatus
ETSU015423 Sullivan Tennessee
ETSU
Euonymus alatus
MEM020762 Henry Tennessee 23 Apr 2016 Darrell W. Brandon, David Hilgeman
1355
MEM
Euonymus alatus
APSC0089820 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Euonymus alatus
APSC0018847 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Euonymus alatus
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Euonymus alatus - Ashley B. Morris
Euonymus alatus - Ashley B. Morris
Euonymus alatus - Dwayne Estes
Euonymus alatus - Dwayne Estes
Euonymus alatus - Dwayne Estes
Euonymus alatus - Dwayne Estes
Euonymus alatus - Dwayne Estes
Euonymus alatus - Dwayne Estes
Euonymus alatus - Dwayne Estes
Euonymus alatus - Dwayne Estes
Euonymus alatus - Tara Littlefield
Euonymus alatus - Tara Littlefield
Euonymus alatus - Tara Littlefield
Euonymus alatus - Tara Littlefield
Euonymus alatus - Theo Witsell
Euonymus alatus - Theo Witsell
Euonymus alatus - Theo Witsell
Euonymus alatus - Theo Witsell
Euonymus alatus - Joey Shaw
Euonymus alatus - Joey Shaw
Euonymus alatus - Joey Shaw
Euonymus alatus - Joey Shaw
Euonymus alatus - Joey Shaw
Euonymus alatus - Joey Shaw
Euonymus alatus - Joey Shaw
Euonymus alatus - Joey Shaw
Euonymus alatus - Joey Shaw
Euonymus alatus - Joey Shaw
Euonymus alatus - Joey Shaw
Euonymus alatus - Joey Shaw
Euonymus alatus - Joey Shaw
Euonymus alatus - Joey Shaw
Euonymus alatus - Joey Shaw
Euonymus alatus - Joey Shaw
Euonymus alatus - Joey Shaw
Euonymus alatus - Joey Shaw
Euonymus alatus - Joey Shaw
Euonymus alatus - Joey Shaw
Euonymus alatus - Joey Shaw
Euonymus alatus - Joey Shaw
Euonymus alatus - Joey Shaw
Euonymus alatus - Joey Shaw
Euonymus alatus - Joey Shaw
Euonymus alatus - Joey Shaw
Euonymus alatus - Joey Shaw
Euonymus alatus - Joey Shaw
Euonymus alatus - Joey Shaw
Euonymus alatus - Joey Shaw
Euonymus alatus - Joey Shaw
Euonymus alatus - Joey Shaw
Euonymus alatus - Joey Shaw
Euonymus alatus - Joey Shaw
Euonymus alatus - Joey Shaw
Euonymus alatus - Joey Shaw