fortune's spindle (Euonymus fortunei)
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Flowering plantsIn Ohio

Fortune's spindle

Euonymus fortunei (Turcz.) Hand.-Mazz.

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta

Introduced and invasive status

Introduced in Ohio: iNaturalist (opens in a new tab)

Also listed

  • Introduced and assessed as invasive in the lower 48 states
  • Introduced and assessed as invasive in the lower 48 states (listed as Euonymus fortunei var. fortunei)
  • Introduced and assessed as invasive in the lower 48 states (listed as Euonymus fortunei var. radicans)

iNaturalist's volunteer curators list it as introduced in their Ohio checklist.

US-RIIS assesses a species as invasive when it causes, or is likely to cause, harm there, or is at least locally abundant and harmful ecologically, economically, or to health.

Status: Simpson A, Sellers E, Pagad S (2023). United States Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (US-RIIS), ver. 2.0. U.S. Geological Survey, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9KFFTOD (opens in a new tab)

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Range

Where it is recorded

Season shown in 0 of Ohio's 88 counties. Explore Ohio

  • No result yet (17)
  • Recorded, too few records for a result (58)
  • Recorded, season not shown (13)
  • Season shown (0)
Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Cartographic Boundary Files, 1:500,000. Show as a table
Counties as a table
fortune's spindle by Ohio county: records and mapped range
CountyRecords
Adams CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Allen CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Ashland CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Ashtabula CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Athens County82 · Recorded, season not shown
Auglaize CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Belmont CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Brown CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Butler County128 · Recorded, season not shown
Carroll CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Champaign CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Clark CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Clermont County66 · Recorded, season not shown
Clinton CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Columbiana CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Coshocton CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Crawford CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Cuyahoga County86 · Recorded, season not shown
Darke CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Defiance CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Delaware CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Erie CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Fairfield CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Fayette CountyNo qualifying records yet
Franklin County209 · Recorded, season not shown
Fulton CountyNo qualifying records yet
Gallia CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Geauga CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Greene County69 · Recorded, season not shown
Guernsey CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Hamilton County290 · Recorded, season not shown
Hancock CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Hardin CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Harrison CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Henry CountyNo qualifying records yet
Highland CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Hocking CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Holmes CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Huron CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Jackson CountyNo qualifying records yet
Jefferson CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Knox CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Lake CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Lawrence CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Licking County21 · Recorded, season not shown
Logan CountyNo qualifying records yet
Lorain CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Lucas County25 · Recorded, season not shown
Madison CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Mahoning CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Marion CountyNo qualifying records yet
Medina CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Meigs CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Mercer CountyNo qualifying records yet
Miami CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Monroe CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Montgomery County59 · Recorded, season not shown
Morgan CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Morrow CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Muskingum CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Noble CountyNo qualifying records yet
Ottawa CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Paulding CountyNo qualifying records yet
Perry CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Pickaway CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Pike CountyNo qualifying records yet
Portage CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Preble CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Putnam CountyNo qualifying records yet
Richland CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Ross CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Sandusky CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Scioto CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Seneca CountyNo qualifying records yet
Shelby CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Stark County46 · Recorded, season not shown
Summit County73 · Recorded, season not shown
Trumbull CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Tuscarawas CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Union CountyNo qualifying records yet
Van Wert CountyNo qualifying records yet
Vinton CountyNo qualifying records yet
Warren County66 · Recorded, season not shown
Washington CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Wayne CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Williams CountyNo qualifying records yet
Wood CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Wyandot CountyNo qualifying records yet

No mapped range from the range source used, the USGS Gap Analysis Project, which maps land vertebrates only.

Season

When it is recorded

In Ohio

Recorded all year

Recorded through most of the year, so there is no single season to show. Based on 1,875 records in 10 of the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, above the minimum of 20 records from 5 different years.
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Recording in Ohio · records of all species each week, 1,691,199 in all

Records per week from 1,875 records in 10 of the 10 years from 2016 to 2025. Shows when people recorded it, not a season or how common it is.

Show as a table
Records of fortune's spindle in Ohio each week, and records of all species
WeekRecords of fortune's spindleYears recordedRecords of all species
Jan 4–102076,211
Jan 11–171355,146
Jan 18–241254,645
Jan 25–311264,698
Feb 1–72366,023
Feb 8–142855,888
Feb 15–212575,436
Feb 22–281876,846
Mar 1–74278,321
Mar 8–1455710,384
Mar 15–2129512,620
Mar 22–2837713,949
Mar 29 – Apr 466819,661
Apr 5–1146726,860
Apr 12–1856939,925
Apr 19–2542941,623
Apr 26 – May 299956,391
May 3–966952,952
May 10–1643753,785
May 17–2357857,698
May 24–3038654,651
May 31 – Jun 627853,099
Jun 7–1327653,700
Jun 14–2036756,625
Jun 21–2716955,361
Jun 28 – Jul 417758,477
Jul 5–1122761,336
Jul 12–1823564,722
Jul 19–2522669,753
Jul 26 – Aug 110459,416
Aug 2–823759,712
Aug 9–1519755,994
Aug 16–2214754,328
Aug 23–2920751,772
Aug 30 – Sep 533857,167
Sep 6–1236959,075
Sep 13–1942854,543
Sep 20–2628945,860
Sep 27 – Oct 364743,180
Oct 4–1059937,841
Oct 11–1763930,824
Oct 18–2443921,156
Oct 25–3168919,021
Nov 1–743714,172
Nov 8–1439812,621
Nov 15–213587,965
Nov 22–285188,136
Nov 29 – Dec 53196,083
Dec 6–1238106,004
Dec 13–191865,423
Dec 20–263285,661
Dec 27 – Jan 24998,459

Reported in flower

Only 4 records here show flowers, too few to show a flowering season. One needs at least 20 records from 5 different years.

Reported in fruit

Usually reported in fruit early September to early December, middle week early November. A later season is not shown: the weeks are still too uncertain.

What these results show

These results show when people recorded a species, not when or where it occurs. Missing weeks and low counts do not mean absence or scarcity, and counts are not abundance. Contributed records reflect where, when and what people chose to observe.

Identification

How to identify it

Telling it apart

From what Ohio’s records show. Only what the records support is shown.

Often confused with

  • lesser periwinkle Vinca minorOften confused in Ohio: 37 identifications in Ohio named one where the other was meant
  • common ivy Hedera helixOften confused in Ohio: 15 identifications in Ohio named one where the other was meant
  • Asian bittersweet Celastrus orbiculatusOften confused in Ohio: 14 identifications in Ohio named one where the other was meant
  • American bittersweet Celastrus scandensOften confused in Ohio: 13 identifications in Ohio named one where the other was meant
  • partridgeberry Mitchella repens137 identifications worldwide named one where the other was meant

From iNaturalist’s similar-species counts, refreshed monthly: confusions in Ohio first, then worldwide. Only species with an Ohio result are listed.

Land cover where it is recorded

Land coverIts recordsAll Ohio records
Developed60%49%
Forest36%31%
Wetland2%5%
Farmland2%11%
Open water0.3%3%

From 1,305 records placed within 100 m, beside all Ohio records placed the same way. People record where they go, so this shows where records come from, not where the species lives. Land cover: USGS Annual NLCD, 2025 (opens in a new tab)

Sources

Where these results come from

  • Records from iNaturalist research-grade observations and expert-identified GBIF datasets, CC0, CC BY and CC BY-NC. Sources
  • Seasons use the published method and its evidence thresholds. Methods
  • See it on iNaturalist (opens in a new tab)OpenPhenology is independent and not affiliated with iNaturalist.

Records behind the Ohio result

1,875 records from 2 datasets.

To cite: the GBIF download doi:10.15468/dl.y2jkt8 (opens in a new tab).

A spreadsheet (CSV) with a link to each record, on iNaturalist or GBIF. Records whose location was hidden by the observer or the source are counted but not linked.