Euonymus alatus (Burning bush)

Euonymus alatus (Thunb.) Siebold

Euonymus alata (Thunb.) Siebold orth. var.

Burning bush, winged spindle, winged euonymus

Kingdom	Plantae	Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae
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	Euonymus	From the Greek eu, “good,” and onoma, “a name”
Species	alatus

About plant names...

Burning bush, so-called for its brilliant red fall foliage, is a native of northeastern Asia. It was introduced to North America in the 1860s as an ornamental plant. It spreads rapidly and is now classified as an invasive.

Identification: This shrub grows up to 10' (3 m) tall. Leaves are 1-3" (2.5-7.6 cm) long, and about ½-¾" (1.3-1.9 cm) wide. Branches have unusual “wings”—four brown corklike protrusions running the length of each branch. This is the easiest way to identify this euonymus. Flowers are inconspicuous. Berries are oval in shape, sharply pointed at each end, and bright red-orange, encased in a capsule that may be yellow, pink, purple, or orange. Leaves turn bright red or red-purple in the fall.

Edibility: Poisonous Skull & Crossbones I found inconsistent information about this, but parts of this plant may be poisonous if ingested.