Just outside the inn at Turkey Run State Park. Wintercreeper (Euonymus fortunei) is climbing up this tree. This was brought into the park as part of the landscaping. Not a good idea. Knowing how invasive it is, I figured I'd find it close by in the park where it doesn't belong.
Yes, and here is the wintercreeper. It covers the ground here, a short walk behind the Turkey Run Inn. Sugar Creek is in the background. We can expect it to spread from here to other parts of the park. It displaces the native plants which soon will displaying spring flowers. Wintercreeper should not be planted anywhere, but a state park is the worst place of all.
Pictures taken March 18, 2014.
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