strawberry bush (Euonymus americanus)
Family: Celastraceae
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| Form:
Shrub with a height from 3 to 10 ft. Multiple stems and a spreading appearance. |
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Leaves: Shape: narrow Margin: finely serrate Texture: glabrous |
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| Bark:
The bark has a green color with an appearance of lenticels. |
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| Twigs and Buds:
Twigs are green in color and slender with orangish-red buds. |
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| Flowers and Fruit:
The fruit is red in the fall, which is very unique. The fruit is a four lobed capsules, that when opened, reveal red berries. |
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| Distinguishing Characteristics:
A shrub red fruit, green bark, and opposite leaves. |
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| Range:
Reaches as far north as New Jersey and New York; South to Florida and west to Texas, Oklahoma, and Missouri. |
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| Silvics:
This species is tolerant and found in mixed deciduous forest and low woodlands to swampy forests. |
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| Ecological and Cultural Importance:
Strawberry bush is browsed heavily by white-tailed deer. |
