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I found this plant in my woods And would like the identification. It is a small woody evergreen that grows in dry soil in light to deep shade. It grows about 1 1/2' tall and has small clusters of small greenish white flowers terminally on new wood in summer.
Update pic: I replanted it in a lighter location, and the plant has shot up to about 3 1/2 feet, after I topped it off.
I think this might be wintercreeper or euonymus. Although it is native to China it has naturalized in many parts of the eastern United States. The leaves have light coloured veins, it is a creeper, evergreen and adaptable to a wide variety of soils.
It is this adaptable part of it's nature that leads to the recommendations to remove it as it it considered invasive and displaces native vegetation.
The most definitive identification is the pink round capsules that open to show red-orange arils (seeds).
