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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Euonymus americanus
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 197. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Strawberry-bush
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Celastraceae;Euonymus;Euonymus americanus
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Celastraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Euonymus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Euonymus americanus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=page 124
|treatment_page=page 123
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs </b>2–3.5 m. <b>Stems</b> erect or arching, not rooting at nodes; young branches 4-angled, not corky winged. <b>Leaves</b> deciduous; petiole 1–3 mm; blade oval to lanceolate, 3–10 × 0.8–3 cm, base cuneate, obtuse, to rounded, margins crenate-serrate, apex acute or acuminate. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal or axillary, 1–3-flowered. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals 5; petals 5, pale green, often suffused with purple, round, 2–3 mm diam.; stamens 5; ovary spiny. <b>Capsules</b> red or pink to purple, subglobose, 11–13 mm diam., unlobed or very shallowly 4–5-lobed, lobes clearly connate, surface spiny. <b>Seeds</b> subglobose, 4.5–5.5 mm; aril red. <b>2n</b> = 64.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring–summer; fruiting late summer–early winter.
|habitat=Rich woods, bluffs, flood plains, along streams, hammocks, sandy banks.
|elevation=0–400 m.
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Ky.;La.;Md.;Miss.;Mo.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;W.Va.
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Euonymus americanus
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Celastraceae
|phenology=Flowering spring–summer; fruiting late summer–early winter.
|habitat=Rich woods, bluffs, flood plains, along streams, hammocks, sandy banks.
|elevation=0–400 m.
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Ky.;La.;Md.;Miss.;Mo.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;W.Va.
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=Endemic
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/eaa6e58056e40c9ef614d8f47aea294977a1a5e9/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V12/V12_91.xml
|genus=Euonymus
|species=Euonymus americanus
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