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Mikania scandens
Mika scan.jpg
Photo by John R. Gwaltney, Southeastern Flora.com
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae ⁄ Compositae
Genus: Mikania
Species: M. scandens
Binomial name
Mikania scandens
(L.) Willd.
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Natural range of Mikania scandens from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common name: Climbing hempvine[1]

Taxonomic notes

Synonyms: none.[1]

Varieties: none.[1]

Description

A description of Mikania scandens is provided in The Flora of North America.

To distinguish M. scandens from M. cordifolia, look for an involucre that is 4-5.5 mm high; achenes that are 1.5-2.5 mm long, pubescent stems and leaves, and puberulant or nearly smooth involucres.[1]

Distribution

M. scadens ranges from Maine and southern Ontario to southern Florida and east Texas. It also extends into the tropics.[1]

Ecology

Habitat

This species frequents marches, swamp forests, wet thickets, and seepages.[1]

Phenology

M. scandens flowers from January to October and has been found fruiting in every month of the year.[2][3]

Fire ecology

Mikania scandens persists in frequently burned pine communities. A study on Long Pine Key in Everglades National Park found M. scandens to not vary in phenology or degree of flowering or fruiting comparing plots burned one year, two years, six years, or seven years prior.[4]

Pollination

The following Hymenoptera families and species were observed visiting flowers of Mikania scandens at Archbold Biological Station:[5]

Vespidae: Pachodynerus nasidens, Parancistrocerus fulvipes rufovestris, P. salcularis rufulus

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References and notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Weakley, A.S. 2015. Flora of the southern and mid-atlantic states. Working Draft of 21 May 2015. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
  2. [www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/ PanFlora Plant Database], Gil Nelson. Last accessed:2/12/2020
  3. Gunderson, L., D. Taylor and J. Craig 1983. Report SFRC-83/04 Fire effects on flowering and fruiting patterns of understory plants in pinelands of EVER. Everglades National Park, South Florida Research Center, Homestead, Florida, 36 pg.
  4. Gunderson, L., D. Taylor and J. Craig 1983. Report SFRC-83/04 Fire effects on flowering and fruiting patterns of understory plants in pinelands of EVER. Everglades National Park, South Florida Research Center, Homestead, Florida, 36 pg.
  5. Deyrup, M.A. and N.D. 2015. Database of observations of Hymenoptera visitations to flowers of plants on Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA.