Euonymus atropurpureus Jacq.
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Filed As
Celastraceae
Euonymus atropurpureus Jacq. -
Identifiers
NY Barcode: 3886784
Occurrence ID: 627e9d90-cc06-4537-8524-aba45eb6042b
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Kingdom
Plantae
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Division
Magnoliophyta
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Order
Celastrales
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Family
Celastraceae
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All Determinations
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Location Notes
[US & Canada]
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Distribution
Woody Plants of U.S.A.: WISCONSIN: Richland County CELASTRACEAE Euonymus atropurpureus Jacq. A clone with some old dead gnarled shrubs in the center, the largest stems 15 cm. in diameter, most living ones are younger, to 3 m. tall and 8 cm. in diameter. Bark smooth, gray, becoming furrowed only on largest stems. /Twigs green, becoming brown the second year but may be persistently green on undersides for several more years. Inflorescence branches green; pedicels purple. Flowers odorless, dark purple except for yellow anthers and dull green stigma. No fruits found on any of the three clones found here when visited later in the summer. Dry, W-facing hilltop, heavily pastured by cattle until about 10 years ago, mostly Poa pratensis, with Phleum pratense, Daucus carota, Rhus radicans (low, non-viny), Achillea millefolium, becoming brushy by invasion of Zanthoxylum americanum, Ulmus americana, U. rubra, Crataegus. 3 miles southeast of RICHLAND CENTER. T 10 N; R 1 E; SEiNWi sec. 36. Coll.; M. Nee 14529 alt. 250 m. June 27, 1976 03886784
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Euonymus atropurpureus Jacq.