Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Vitales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Nekemias arborea
FAMILY
Vitaceae
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:
Ampelopsis arborea
FAMILY
Vitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Synopsis of Nekemias, segregate from Ampelopsis (Wen, Boggan & Nie, 2014)
Nekemias arborea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 120-03-001:
Ampelopsis arborea
FAMILY
Vitaceae
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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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.
COMPARE
leaves of Peppervine, Trumpet-creeper and Wisteria
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September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Plant glabrous or glabrate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Branched tendrils opposite some leaves, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
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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.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Nekemias arborea
FAMILY
Vitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ampelopsis arborea
FAMILY
Vitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Synopsis of Nekemias, segregate from Ampelopsis (Wen, Boggan & Nie, 2014)
Nekemias arborea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 120-03-001:
Ampelopsis arborea
FAMILY
Vitaceae
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Climbing woody vine
Perennial
Polygamous
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common in Coastal Plain (rare in Piedmont & Mountains)
Look for it in swamp forests, marshes, wet thickets, moist to wet maritime forests, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Deciduous
2- or 3-pinnately compound
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Creamy-white
Bisexual & unisexual
Radially symmetrical
Saucer-shaped calyx, lobes usually obsolete
5 petals
5 stamens, abortive in pistillate flowers
Superior ovary
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 p264
- Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants p134
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p092
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p061