Eastern wahoo
NativeEuonymus atropurpureus
Bittersweet (Celastraceae) · Small tree · 10–20 ft
Knowing it
Four-lobed pink capsules that split to show red seeds in fall. Moist woods and fencerows statewide.
What a tree company sees
Small; no concerns.
Recorded in 82 counties
- Adair County
- Andrew County
- Atchison County
- Audrain County
- Barry County
- Barton County
- Bates County
- Bollinger County
- Boone County
- Buchanan County
- Callaway County
- Camden County
- Cape Girardeau County
- Cass County
- Christian County
- Clark County
- Clay County
- Clinton County
- Cole County
- Crawford County
- Dallas County
- Daviess County
- Dent County
- Douglas County
- Franklin County
- Gasconade County
- Gentry County
- Greene County
- Grundy County
- Holt County
- Howard County
- Howell County
- Iron County
- Jackson County
- Jasper County
- Jefferson County
- Johnson County
- Laclede County
- Lafayette County
- Lawrence County
- Lewis County
- Lincoln County
- Linn County
- Macon County
- Madison County
- Marion County
- McDonald County
- Moniteau County
- Monroe County
- Montgomery County
- Morgan County
- Newton County
- Oregon County
- Ozark County
- Perry County
- Pettis County
- Phelps County
- Pike County
- Platte County
- Polk County
- Pulaski County
- Ralls County
- Randolph County
- Ray County
- Reynolds County
- Ripley County
- Scotland County
- Shannon County
- St. Charles County
- St. Clair County
- St. Francois County
- St. Louis City
- St. Louis County
- Ste. Genevieve County
- Stoddard County
- Stone County
- Taney County
- Warren County
- Washington County
- Wayne County
- Webster County
- Wright County
From GBIF occurrence records. No record does not mean absent.