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Posted: Nov/01/2009 2:06 PM PST
I found this tree a few weeks ago in a new forest type setting bent over trying to get more sun it would seem. It had some beautiful flowers on it but the main stem was about as big as your thumb in width. It was about 6 feet tall. Iknow picture is dark but it was late in the evening. the second picture is the leaf and seed.they have since fallen off the stem.. Do you know what it is I have searched online and cannot find an ID. Thanks Carol Attachments:   |
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Posted: Nov/01/2009 4:30 PM PST
Possibly Euonymus atropurpurea (Eastern Wahoo).  http://www.cas.vanderbilt.edu/bioimages/species/eu at3.htm http://www.finegardening.com/plantguide/euonymus-a tropurpureus-eastern-wahoo.aspx ~remove any spaces found in the url~ |
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Posted: Nov/01/2009 7:43 PM PST
Thought that was a fish LOL. |
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Posted: Nov/02/2009 12:16 AM PST
You thought right. "Dear Twig: My dad says there’s a bush called wahoo. True? Not only is there a bush called wahoo, there’s also a fish and a town in Nebraska. And back in 1895, "Wahoo! Wahoo!" rang out as the fight song of Ohio State University. "Wahoo! Wahoo! I yell for OSU!" (And so on.) The bush called wahoo grows in woodlands in eastern and central North America. The name is based on a Dakota word for "arrow wood"; wahoo twigs are strong with four "winged" ridges. Indian arrow, bursting-heart and bitter ash are other names. Scientists call it Euonymus atropurpureus. Maybe you know its garden cousin. Euonymus alatus — burning bush — turns flaming red in fall. The fish called wahoo — also called ono, but not Yoko, and Acanthocybium solandri — lives in the ocean. The name is from an old misspelling of the Hawaiian island Oahu. And the eastern Nebraska town of Wahoo, whose name, like the shrub’s, derives from Dakotan, is home to nearly 4,000 Wahooans. Wahoo! Twig" |
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Posted: Nov/03/2009 10:18 PM PST
Told2B: What an interesting and entertaining story! I enjoyed it. SJ |
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Posted: Nov/05/2009 6:54 AM PST
Loved to hear about all the Wahoos, told2b! Thanks! 
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Posted: Nov/05/2009 1:22 PM PST
http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~news/story.php?id=30 36 The 'thanks' belongs to Twig Walkingstick from OSU. |
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Posted: Nov/09/2009 2:23 PM PST
Thanks to All who contributed to the Euonymus atropurpurea ID. Nice to what is growing out there!! Carol Dizzy45vines |
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Posted: Nov/09/2009 2:24 PM PST
Told2B What a cool story. I will keep this on file. I will tell the grandchildren so they can also enjoy it as much as I did.. Carol Dizzy45vines |
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