Celastrus scandens L.
American bittersweet
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8/20/2025 · Peaks Island, Maine · ≈ 1½ × 1′ (43 × 36 cm) 
8/20/2025 · Peaks Island, Maine · ≈ 1 × 1′ (40 × 37 cm) 
8/20/2025 · Peaks Island, Maine · ≈ 1 × 1′ (39 × 32 cm) 
8/20/2025 · Peaks Island, Maine · ≈ 11 × 7″ (27 × 18 cm) 
| Kingdom | Plantae | Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin) |
| Subkingdom | Tracheobionta | Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients |
| Division | Magnoliophyta | Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms |
| Class | Magnoliopsida | Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves |
| Subclass | Rosidae | Roses, legumes, proteas, dogwoods, hydrangeas, mistletoes, euphorbias, grapes, many more |
| Order | Celastrales | About 1300 varied mostly tropical and subtropical plants |
| Family | Celastraceae | Staff vine or bittersweet family of vines, shrubs and small trees |
| Genus | Celastrus | From Greek kelastros, for a type of evergreen plant |
| Species | scandens | Climbing |
Celastrus scandens description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.
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