Question: Hello. I have been walking around Blackstone Park in Providence, RI and I keep seeing this small, thin, opposite branched, …
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Hello. I have been walking around Blackstone Park in Providence, RI and I keep seeing this small, thin, opposite branched, shrub. It has these strange vertical bark pieces (in a simple form of the English Elm I think), leaving some green softer bark showing in between. I said that it is opposite, but on some of the plants, I wasn't quite convinced. Do you think you know what this might be?
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Dear chersey121, you've photographed Euonymus alatus (winged spindle-tree), also known as burning-bush due to the bright red color of the fall foliage. This is a native of the Old World that is extensively naturalized in southern New England. Best wishes.
