Euonymus europaeus L.

PLANTS OF OREGON
Portland, Multnomah County
Euonymus europaeus L. ! VM European Spindletree
====>First report from Oregon and west of the Mississippi River.
Flowering material. Openish, brushy area on S sideof Springwater Corridor ca. 0.15 - 0.22 mi E of SE
111th Ave., note there is a yellow fire hydrant (N side of building) at 0.15 mi E of 111th and a power
tower at 0.16 mi E of 111th; site is ca. 10 paces (—33’) E of the W side of the W of the two buildings to
ca. 55 paces (~180’) E of the same building, so the population extends ca. 100 paces (-330’); also on N
side of trail at W end [0.15 mi] on E side of Crataegus tree; between 45.4787° N/l 22.5458° W (W end)
and 45.4789°N/122.5447° W (E end); about 20 shrubs or slenderly arborescent shrubs 4.5’ - 20’ (1.4 -
6 m) tall, from single (fruiting) stems 4.5’ (1.4 m) high, Vi” (6 mm) wide, to 20’ tall plants with 14
branches at base 14” (36 cm) across, the branches 1 - 2Vi” (2-6 cm), and 20’ tall tree like plants 4” (10
cm) wide with 1 Vi” (4 cm) sucker at base, dividing at 36” (0.9 m) into 3” (7.5 cm) and 2V4” (5.5 cm)
branches; well established by 1998, possibly from the Leach Botanical Garden or other gardens in the
area where known to be cultivated; leaves glabrous beneath; petals light green, with small reddish dots,
calyx a darker green, the tip + pinkish (or not), sometimes with more widespread color, disk and ovary
darker green, a real green, stamens borne on disk lobes; immature fruit an arresting reddish pinkish
color,with Athyrium filix-femina, Corylus sp., Crataegus douglasii var. suksdorfli, C. monogyna,
Epilobium sp., Galium aparine,Holcus lanatus, Hypericum perforatum, Phalaris arundinacea,
Polystichum munitum, Rubus armeniacus, Salix lasiandra, Spiraea douglasii; not found in the “dense
thickets” of willows to the west nor (actually rarely) the “grassier” area to the east; on ground that is not
innundaled. Elev. 210’. Label data based on collections, photos & observations from May 15,1998 -
June 23,2010.
Vernon Marttala 4708e	May 16, 2007
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