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Mikania scandensMikania scandens

climbing hempvine

Photograph(s) by*: RHW

Characteristics

Height: 15-15'
Flowers: Jun.-Oct.; pink or whitish
Fruit: blue

Conditions *

Light: Partial shade
Moisture: Moist Wet
Soil pH: 5.7-7.5
Soil type: Clay Loamy

Habitat

swamps and moist thickets

Native to

Region: Coastal Piedmont Mountain *
States:

Wildlife

Butterfly *

Notes

vines herbaceous, not woody


 Publication by USFWS BayScapes Conservation Landscaping Program
http://www.nps.gov/plants/pubs/chesapeake/plant/2003.htm
Last updated: 1 October 2004