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Family: Celastraceae (Bittersweet family)
Mid-Atlantic bloom time:
June - July
Mid-Atlantic fruit ripe:
September - December
Winter Creeper is native to east Asia, and is highly invasive in the United States, often causing the death of trees it grows around. Its leaves are opposite in pairs, with finely serrated margins. Its small (5 mm) flowers are greenish-yellow.
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7 April 2016
Doves Landing Park, Manassas, VA 
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5 December 2015
Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Haymarket, VA (note aerial rootlets) 
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5 December 2015
Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Haymarket, VA (leaves and fruit in winter) 
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5 December 2015
Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Haymarket, VA (winter fruits) 
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