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Celastrus orbiculatus
Spotted on Dec 22, 2012
Submitted on Dec 23, 2012
4 Comments
Do you think I spotted Asiatic bittersweet or American?
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/161...
Oh, wow, I see now. Thanks for the info!
You can apart the bittersweets by the positions of the fruit clusters. Here's <a href="http://www.mda.state.mn.us/plants/badplants/orientalbittersweet/bittersweetdiffs.aspx">an illustration</a>. In this case there are fruits all along the stems rather than in terminal clusters. At least, that's how I interpret it.
How do you tell apart Asiatic bittersweet from American bittersweet?