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''M. scandens'' has been found in glade and hammock borders, cypress swamps, pinewoods, slash pinelands, compacted limerock, marshes, wet thickets, seepages, and canal banks.<ref name="weakley">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.</ref><ref name="FSU"> Florida State University Herbarium Database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2021. Collectors: C. Barilotti, Jane Brockmann, J. Ferborgh, Robert K. Godfrey, Robert Kral, O. Lakela, and Richard S. Mitchell, and Victoria I. Sullivan. States and counties: Florida: Collier, Dade, Monroe, Palm Beach.</ref> It is also found in disturbed areas like roadsides.<ref name="FSU"/> Associated species: ''Sophora, Coccoloba'', and ''Suriana''.<ref name="FSU"/>
''M. scandens'' has been found in glade and hammock borders, cypress swamps, pinewoods, slash pinelands, compacted limerock, marshes, wet thickets, and seepages and canal banks.<ref name="weakley">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.</ref><ref name="FSU"> Florida State University Herbarium Database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2021. Collectors: C. Barilotti, Jane Brockmann, J. Ferborgh, Robert K. Godfrey, Robert Kral, O. Lakela, and Richard S. Mitchell, and Victoria I. Sullivan. States and counties: Florida: Collier, Dade, Monroe, Palm Beach.</ref> It is also found in disturbed areas like roadsides.<ref name="FSU"/> Associated species: ''Sophora, Coccoloba'', and ''Suriana''.<ref name="FSU"/>
 
  
 
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''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.<ref>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.</ref>
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''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.<ref>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.</ref> Populations on the Wade Tract in south Georgia have been known to persist through repeated annual burning.<ref>Platt, W.J., R. Carter, G. Nelson, W. Baker, S. Hermann, J. Kane, L. Anderson, M. Smith, K. Robertson. 2021. Unpublished species list of Wade Tract old-growth longleaf pine savanna, Thomasville, Georgia.</ref>
 
 
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The following Hymenoptera families and species were observed visiting flowers of ''Mikania scandens'' at Archbold Biological Station:<ref name="Deyrup 2015">Deyrup, M.A. and N.D. 2015. Database of observations of Hymenoptera visitations to flowers of plants on Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA.</ref>
 
  
Vespidae''Pachodynerus nasidens, Parancistrocerus fulvipes rufovestris, P. salcularis rufulus''
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''Mikania scandens'' has been observed at the Archbold Biological Station to host wasps from the Vespidae family such as ''Pachodynerus nasidens, Parancistrocerus fulvipes rufovestris,'' and ''P. salcularis rufulus''.<ref name="Deyrup 2015">Deyrup, M.A. and N.D. 2015. Database of observations of Hymenoptera visitations to flowers of plants on Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA.</ref> Additionally, ''M. scandens'' has been observed to host flies such as ''Plecia nearctica'' (family Bibionidae), leafcutter bees such as ''Megachile xylocopoides'' (family Megachilidae), and plant bugs such as ''Lygus lineolaris'' (family Miridae)''.<ref>Discoverlife.org [https://www.discoverlife.org/20/q?search=Bidens+albaDiscoverlife.org|Discoverlife.org]</ref>
 
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Revision as of 15:12, 26 July 2021

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.
Mika scan dist.jpg
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

M. scandens has been found in glade and hammock borders, cypress swamps, pinewoods, slash pinelands, compacted limerock, marshes, wet thickets, seepages, and canal banks.[1][2] It is also found in disturbed areas like roadsides.[2] Associated species: Sophora, Coccoloba, and Suriana.[2]

Phenology

M. scandens flowers from January to October and has been found fruiting in every month of the year.[3][4]

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.[5] Populations on the Wade Tract in south Georgia have been known to persist through repeated annual burning.[6]

Pollination and use by animals

Mikania scandens has been observed at the Archbold Biological Station to host wasps from the Vespidae family such as Pachodynerus nasidens, Parancistrocerus fulvipes rufovestris, and P. salcularis rufulus.[7] Additionally, M. scandens has been observed to host flies such as Plecia nearctica (family Bibionidae), leafcutter bees such as Megachile xylocopoides (family Megachilidae), and plant bugs such as Lygus lineolaris (family Miridae).[8]

Conservation, cultivation, and restoration

Cultural use

Photo Gallery

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. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Florida State University Herbarium Database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2021. Collectors: C. Barilotti, Jane Brockmann, J. Ferborgh, Robert K. Godfrey, Robert Kral, O. Lakela, and Richard S. Mitchell, and Victoria I. Sullivan. States and counties: Florida: Collier, Dade, Monroe, Palm Beach.
  3. [www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/ PanFlora Plant Database], Gil Nelson. Last accessed:2/12/2020
  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. 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.
  6. Platt, W.J., R. Carter, G. Nelson, W. Baker, S. Hermann, J. Kane, L. Anderson, M. Smith, K. Robertson. 2021. Unpublished species list of Wade Tract old-growth longleaf pine savanna, Thomasville, Georgia.
  7. Deyrup, M.A. and N.D. 2015. Database of observations of Hymenoptera visitations to flowers of plants on Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA.
  8. Discoverlife.org [1]