OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Berchemia scandens   FAMILY Rhamnaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Berchemia scandens   FAMILY Rhamnaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 119-01-001:

Berchemia scandens   FAMILY Rhamnaceae

 

COMMON NAME:
Carolina Supplejack, American Rattan, Rattan-vine, Alabama Supplejack


 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Berchemia scandens   FAMILY Rhamnaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Berchemia scandens   FAMILY Rhamnaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 119-01-001:
Berchemia scandens   FAMILY Rhamnaceae

 

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2620

Climbing woody vine
Perennial
Apparently dioecious

Habitat: swamp forests, bottomlands, streambanks, also upland in mesic to even xeric forests, woodlands, glades, and prairies over calcareous rock or sediment, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain (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
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring
Greenish
5-merous
5-toothed calyx
5 petals
5 stamens

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Blue-black
Drupe

 

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