• Plant: Oriental Bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculatus)
  • Uploaded by arctangent
  • Info: Fruit / 2020-10-16 / Gallup Park, Ann Arbor, Michigan / License: All rights reserved
  • Caption: Yellow husks open outward, but remain attached, revealing the coral red berries of this alien invasive plant. Yes, they're pretty, but... The native bittersweet has orange-red husks, and smaller berries.
Photo of Oriental Bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculatus) uploaded by arctangent

Other Photos
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Location: Botanical Garden Copenhagen
Date: 2016-12-01

Date: 2015-10-28
Location: Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Date: 2010-11-10
the laterally borne fruit
Location: Nationale Plantentuin (Meise - Brussel - Belgium)
Date: 2019-10-21
Location: Indiana  zone 5
Date: 2016-09-24
grows fast , climing a pole
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Date: 2011-07-15
the rounded summer leaves
Location: Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Date: 2011-03-25
twining on tree noxiously
Location: Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Date: 2014-01-13
vines wrapping around tree
Location: Downingtown, Pennsylvania
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vines twining upon tree and each other
Location: Botanical Garden Copenhagen
Date: 2016-12-01

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