Index / Search / Calycocarpum lyonii
§1 Plant
Calycocarpum lyonii (Pursh) A. Gray
vernacular cupseed — species · Menispermaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Vine
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Menispermaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Calycocarpum
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 80 counties across 5 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- Low
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- Low
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- Low
- CaCO₃
- Medium
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -3 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 185 min.
- Precipitation
- 35–55 in/yr
- pH range
- 5.8–7
- Root depth
- 12 in min.
- Fertility need
- High
- Soil texture
- medium
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Single Crown
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Lifespan
- Long
- Mature height
- 30 ft
- Foliage texture
- Medium
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Porous
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- White
- Fruit colour
- Black
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Late Spring
- Seed abundance
- Medium
- Seed begins
- Spring
- Seed ends
- Summer
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- Yes
- Propagation
- seed, bare root, container
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- No Known Source
- Nursery stock
- No
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 80 counties across 5 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Arkansas 05001
- Ashley 05003
- Benton 05007
- Bradley 05011
- Clark 05019
- Cleburne 05023
- Conway 05029
- Crawford 05033
- Faulkner 05045
- Garland 05051
- Independence 05063
- Lawrence 05075
- Lee 05077
- Madison 05087
- Marion 05089
- Montgomery 05097
- Newton 05101
- Phillips 05107
- Pike 05109
- Poinsett 05111
- Pope 05115
- Pulaski 05119
- Randolph 05121
- Saline 05125
- Scott 05127
- Sharp 05135
- Stone 05137
- Van Buren 05141
- Washington 05143
- White 05145
Florida view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 22 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CALY2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3033931 ↗Record version
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