Nekemias arborea
Common name: Peppervine[1]
| Nekemias arborea | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida - Dicots |
| Order: | Rhamnales |
| Family: | Vitaceae |
| Genus: | Nekemias |
| Species: | N. arborea |
| Binomial name | |
| Nekemias arborea L. | |
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| Natural range of Nekemias arborea from USDA NRCS Plants Database. | |
Contents
Taxonomic Notes
Synonyms: Ampelopsis arborea (Linnaeus) Koehne.[2]
Varieties: Nekemias megalophylla (Diels & Gilg) J. Wen & Z.L. Nie.[2]
Description
N. arborea is a perennial shrub/vine of the Vitaceae family native to North America and Puerto Rico.[1] Its leaflets are 2-6 cm long.[2]
Distribution
N. arborea is found in the southeastern corner of the United States from New Mexico to Maryland, as well as Puerto Rico.[1]
Ecology
Habitat
N. arborea proliferates in swamp forests, marshes, wet thickets, and moist to wet maritime forests.[3] Specimens have been collected from coastal scrub savannah, waterfront, upper tidal mixed forest, and cypress canopy region.[4] Phenology: N. arboreum flowers from Jun through October.[2]
Fire ecology
Populations of Nekemias arborea have been known to persist through repeated annual burning.[5]
Conservation, cultivation, and restoration
N. arborea is considered a weedy or invasive species by the Southern Weed Science Society. [1]
Cultural use
Photo Gallery
References and notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 USDA Plant Database https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=NEAR5
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 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.
- ↑ Weakley, A. S. (2015). Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States. Chapel Hill, NC, University of North Carolina Herbarium.
- ↑ URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2018. Collectors: R.K. Godfrey, R.F. Doren, R. Komarek, Loran C. Anderson, Ron Hughes, M. Darst, H. Light, J. Good, L. Peed. States and counties: Florida (Gadsden, Leon, Wakulla, Franklin, Holmes, Dixie) South Carolina (Richland)
- ↑ 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 Unpublished species list of Wade Tract old-growth longleaf pine savanna, Thomasville, Georgia.
