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It has been observed flowering in April and May and seen fruiting in May (FSU Herbarium).
 
It has been observed flowering in April and May and seen fruiting in May (FSU Herbarium).
  
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Revision as of 16:09, 2 March 2016

Decumaria barbara
Decumaria barbara Gil.jpg
Photo taken by Gil Nelson
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Order: Rosales
Family: Hydrangeaceae
Genus: Decumaria
Species: D. barbara
Binomial name
Decumaria barbara
L.
DECU BARB dist.jpg
Natural range of Decumaria barbara from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common name: woodvamp

Taxonomic notes

Description

It has a vining and climbing habit (FSU Herbarium).

"High-climbing, woody vine with adventitious, aerial roots. Leaves opposite, ovate, elliptic, or obovate, 3-12 cm long, 1-7 cm wide, glabrous above, pubescent beneath, at least n the veins, acute or acuminate, entire to coarsely serrate, base cuneate to cordate, petiolate. Corymbs terminal, 4-10 cm broad; flowers numerous, perfect, regular, bracteates, short-pedicellate. Calyx tube 7-10 cm ribbed, turbinate, ca. 1.5 mm long in anthesis, 3.5-4 mm long in fruit, lobes 7-10, persistent, 0.2-1 mm long; petals 7-10, white; stamens numerous; carpels 7-10, stigma capitate with 7-10 lobes, style solitary, thick, ca. 1 mm long, ovary inferior, 7-10 locular, many-ovulate, placentation parietal. Capsules turbinate or obovoid, conspicuously longitudinally ribbed, 4-5 mm long; seeds lustrous, yellow, linear-terete, ca. 2 mm long." - Radford et al 1964.

Distribution

Ecology

Habitat

It is found in in swampy woods, along banks and streams, in floodplains, in mesic woodlands, slopes of ravines, and seen climbing on a tree trunk(FSU Herbarium). It requires low light levels (FSU Herbarium). It is associated with drying sandy loam soil types (FSU Herbarium).

Associated species includes Acer, Carpinus, Fraxinus, Nyssa, Quercus, Taxodium (FSU Herbarium).

Phenology

It has been observed flowering in April and May and seen fruiting in May (FSU Herbarium).

Conservation and Management

Cultivation and restoration

Photo Gallery

References and notes

Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2014. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, Rodie White, Robert K. Godfrey, Travis MacClendon, Karen MacClendon, and Kathy Willis. States and Counties: Florida: Calhoun, Gadsden, Jackson, Liberty, and Wakulla. Georgia: Grady.

Radford, Albert E., Harry E. Ahles, and C. Ritchie Bell. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. 1964, 1968. The University of North Carolina Press. 520. Print.