Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Celastrus scandens L.

Origin: native

Common names:

American bittersweet [American bitter-sweet] (1923-Present) (50, 109, 122, 124, 138, 155)

American climbing staff-tree (1785) (8)

Bima'kwûd (1928, Chippewa, twisting around) (40)

Bi-na-quat (1852, Chippewa) (47)

Bittersweet [Bitter sweet, Bitter-sweet] (1870-1937) (9, 22, 37, 40, 65, 85, 103, 105, 106, 107, 112, 130, 131, 156, 158)

Bois retors (1870, French) (103)

Celaster (1900?, German) (158)

Celastre (1900?, French) (158)

Climbing bittersweet [Climbing bitter-sweet] (1852-1977) (3, 5, 15, 47, 49, 72, 82, 92, 95, 97, 106, 108, 125, 126, 156, 157, 158)

Climbing orangeroot [Climbing orange root, Climbing orange-root] (1876-1929?) (5, 92, 156, 157, 158)

Climbing staff-tree (1876-1917) (49, 57, 92)

False bittersweet [False bitter sweet, False bitter-sweet] (1840-1949) (5, 19, 48, 49, 57, 58, 61, 92, 109, 135, 156, 157)

Fever-twig [Fever-twig] (1828-1929?) (5, 7, 49, 92, 156, 157, 158)

Fever-twitch [Fever twitch] (1876) (92)

Jacob's-ladder [Jacob's ladder] (1892, Stratham NH, misapplied) (5, 73, 158)

Redroot [Red root, Red-root] (1840-1923) (19, 156)

Roxbury waxwork [Roxbury wax work, Roxbury wax-work] (1892-1929?) (5, 73, 92, 156, 157, 158)

Shrubby bittersweet (1895-1929?) (5, 15, 156, 157, 158)

Staff tree [Staff-tree] (1840-1929?) (5, 14, 19, 47, 49, 103, 156, 157, 158)

Staff vine [Staff-vine] (1828-1929?) (5, 7, 49, 92, 107, 156, 157, 158)

Waxwork [Wax work, Wax-work] (1869-1949) (2, 5, 14, 49, 58, 92, 106, 107, 109, 138, 156, 158)

Yellow root [Yellow root, Yellow-root] (1876-1929?) (92, 157, 158)

Zuzecha-ta-wote (1919, Dakota, snake food) (37)