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Read a taxonomic advisory about Peppervine from Alan Weakley and the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Vitales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Nekemias arborea
FAMILY
Vitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ampelopsis arborea
FAMILY
Vitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 120-03-001:
Ampelopsis arborea
FAMILY
Vitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Synopsis of Nekemias, segregate from Ampelopsis (Wen, Boggan & Nie, 2014)
Nekemias 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.
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.
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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.
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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.