Family: celastraceae
Common name(s): American Bittersweet
Hardiness ratings: USDA zone 2~4 - 8
General resources
Links for Celastrus scandens
- Carolina Nature - Illustrated woody plant profile, with notes on range and identification. (3 photos)
- Climbers - Information page with most botanical details for this climbing species of the eastern US. (4 photos)
- Connecticut Botanical Society - Wildflower profile. (3 photos)
- Dave's Garden PlantFiles - Profile page with horticultural basics, and member-contributed photos and comments. (zone 4-8) (4 photos)
- Denver Botanic Gardens - Description, native range, and cultural requirements. (additional pages for other varieties) (zone 2). Also a page for 'Bailumn' Autumn Revolution™.
- Garden.org - Community-assembled plant profile (5 photos)
- Illinois Wildflowers - Informative illustrated page with description and cultivation details, also covering range and faunal associations. (1 photo)
- Kansas Wildflowers & Grasses - Plant portrait with botanical details and description (13 photos)
- Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - Plant description and characteristics with notes on distribution, culture, and propagation. (16 photos)
- Missouri Botanical Garden - Plantfinder page for one of the plants growing at the garden, with usually one or more photos, horticultural information, and noteworthy characteristics. (zone 3-8) (8 photos)
- Missouri Plants - Description and photographs of botanical features, with notes about habitat and native status. (8 photos)
- North Carolina State University factsheet - Plant profile with horticultural details and comments (zone 3-8a) (5 photos)
- Virginia Tech Dendrology - Factsheet with botanical characteristics and photos of various features. (6 photos)
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