Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Vitales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Nekemias arborea
FAMILY
Vitaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
You may also want to check Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Vines of North Carolina
Read a taxonomic advisory about Peppervine from Alan Weakley and the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society.
Learn more about Nekemias from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Nekemias arborea
FAMILY
Vitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Nekemias arborea
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Nekemias arborea
SYNONYMOUS WITH Synopsis of Nekemias, segregate from Ampelopsis (Wen, Boggan & Nie, 2014)
Nekemias arborea
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Ampelopsis arborea
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 120-03-001:
Ampelopsis arborea FAMILY Vitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ampelopsis arborea
COMMON NAME:
Peppervine
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_amar5_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm070414_022
April Calhoun County SC
Congaree Bluffs Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow s090515_21
May Georgetown County SC
Leaves bipinnately or tripinnately compound. Leaflets coarsely serrate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
COMPARE
leaves of Peppervine, Trumpet-creeper and Wisteria
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JK Marlow jkm140922_875
September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Plant glabrous or glabrate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm140922_878
September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Branched tendrils opposite some leaves, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm140922_880
September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_ampelopsis_arborea
October
Berries shiny red to black, dry, w 2-5 black seeds resembling peppercorns, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Nekemias arborea
FAMILY
Vitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Nekemias arborea
FAMILY
Vitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Nekemias arborea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Nekemias arborea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Synopsis of Nekemias, segregate from Ampelopsis (Wen, Boggan & Nie, 2014)
Nekemias arborea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Ampelopsis arborea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 120-03-001:
Ampelopsis arborea
FAMILY
Vitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ampelopsis arborea
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Climbing woody vine
Perennial
Polygamous
Habitat: swamp forests, marshes, wet thickets, moist to wet maritime forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain (uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Deciduous
2- or 3-pinnately compound
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Creamy-white
Radially symmetrical
Saucer-shaped calyx, lobes usually obsolete
5 petals
5 stamens, abortive in pistillate flowers
Superior ovary
Bisexual & unisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Blue/Black
Drupe
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005) p264
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p452
- How to Recognize Shrubs (Grimm, 1966) p184
- Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants p134
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p092
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p061
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