Plants Profile for Euonymus fortunei (winter creeper)

General Information
Symbol:	EUFO5
Group:	Dicot
Family:	Celastraceae
Duration:	Perennial
Growth Habit:	Shrub
Native Status:	CAN I L48 I
Characteristics
Data Source and Documentation

	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

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Synonyms

Classification

Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the PLANTS Classification Report.

Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Celastrales
Family	Celastraceae – Bittersweet family
Genus	Euonymus L. – spindletree
Species	Euonymus fortunei (Turcz.) Hand.-Maz. – winter creeper

Subordinate Taxa

The Plants Database includes the following 2 subspecies of Euonymus fortunei . Click below on a thumbnail map or name for subspecies profiles.

Euonymus fortunei var. fortunei
winter creeper

Euonymus fortunei var. radicans
winter creeper

Legal Status

U.S. Weed Information
Euonymus fortunei climbing euonymus winter creeper This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below.This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.
SEEPPC	Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council. 1996. Invasive exotic pest plants in Tennessee (19 October 1999). Research Committee of the Tennessee Exotic Pest Plant Council. Tennessee.
WI	Hoffman, R.and K. Kearns (eds.). 1997. Wisconsin manual of control recommendations for ecologically invasive plants. Wisconsin Dept. Natural Resources. Madison, Wisconsin.

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status