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   Tree Description #22
Common: Burning Bush
Scientific: Euonymus alatus

Leaf:    Type: Simple
                    1. Form- Ovoid
                    2. Apex- Acute
                   3. Margin- Toothed
                    4. Base- Cunate

Venation: Pinnate
            Arrangement: Opposite

Flower:
    Description: 4 insignificant greenish-yellow and dark-red to purple petals. 3/8" (10mm) wide.

Fruit:
    Description: Red or purple capsules, smooth, remain attached in winter.

Twig: Dark purplish-brown, slender

Bark: Gray, smooth, becoming slightly rigged

Form: Ovoid (Height 15-20ft; equal spread)

Discussion:
Uses: Decorative, habitat

Origin: Northeastern Asia to central China

Distribution: Mid to Northern United States, South Ontario to central New York, South to North Georgia, west to central Texas, and North to Southeast North Dakota; zones: 1 to 7, Canada

Map:
Rural Bloomington;Tree # 22

Copyright:
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References:
Dirr's Hardy Trees and Shrubs, Michael A. Dirr
Simon & Schuster's Guide to Trees, Simon & Schuster
The Illustrated Book of Trees, William C. Grimm
Trees, Allen J. Coombes
The Complete Trees of North America;Field Guide and Natural History,Thomas S. Elias

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