Skaneateles Conservation Area/Invasive species/Euonymus alatus

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<< Regulated and other highly invasive plants at the SCA

Euonymus alatus (burning bush)[edit | edit source]

Burning bush (Euonymus alatus) is widely planted for its bright fall foliage and can easily naturalize in wooded areas, where it often becomes invasive.

Invasiveness ranking for Euonymus alatus (burning bush)[edit | edit source]

In New York State (2008) burning bush has been ranked as Very Highly Invasive with a score of 65/80 = 81.25%.[1] and is regulated by New York State law.[2]

1. Ecological impact[edit | edit source]

2. Biological characteristics and dispersal ability[edit | edit source]

3. Ecological amplitude and distribution[edit | edit source]

4. Difficulty of control[edit | edit source]

References for invasiveness ranking[edit | edit source]

Observations of Euonymus alatus (burning bush) at the SCA[edit | edit source]

The following photographs and corresponding iNaturalist observations of tttt were made at or very near the Skaneateles Conservation Area. Click on images to enlarge and read details on Wikimedia Commons or on the "iNat obs" links to view the corresponding observations at iNaturalist.