Index / Search / Mikania scandens
§1 Plant
Mikania scandens (L.) Willd.
vernacular climbing hempvine — species · Asteraceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Vine
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl
- Genus
- Mikania
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 664 counties across 27 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- Low
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- None
- Salinity
- Low
- Anaerobic
- Medium
- CaCO₃
- Medium
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -38 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 110 min.
- Precipitation
- 30–60 in/yr
- pH range
- 5.7–8.7
- Root depth
- 16 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Single Crown
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Lifespan
- Moderate
- Mature height
- 1 ft
- Foliage texture
- Medium
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Flower colour
- White
- Fruit colour
- Blue
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Summer
- Seed abundance
- High
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Moderate
- Stratify
- No
- Propagation
- seed, bare root, container
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- No
- Browse palatability
- High
- Graze palatability
- High
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 664 counties across 27 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Autauga 01001
- Baldwin 01003
- Barbour 01005
- Bibb 01007
- Chilton 01021
- Coosa 01037
- Dallas 01047
- Elmore 01051
- Escambia 01053
- Hale 01065
- Henry 01067
- Jackson 01071
- Lamar 01075
- Lawrence 01079
- Lee 01081
- Lowndes 01085
- Macon 01087
- Mobile 01097
- Monroe 01099
- Montgomery 01101
- Perry 01105
- Pickens 01107
- Pike 01109
- Russell 01113
- St. Clair 01115
- Tuscaloosa 01125
- Washington 01129
- Wilcox 01131
- Winston 01133
Arkansas view state ↗ 40 N ▾
- Arkansas 05001
- Ashley 05003
- Bradley 05011
- Calhoun 05013
- Chicot 05017
- Clark 05019
- Columbia 05027
- Craighead 05031
- Crittenden 05035
- Cross 05037
- Drew 05043
- Faulkner 05045
- Franklin 05047
- Grant 05053
- Greene 05055
- Hempstead 05057
- Hot Spring 05059
- Howard 05061
- Jefferson 05069
- Lafayette 05073
- Lee 05077
- Lincoln 05079
- Little River 05081
- Lonoke 05085
- Monroe 05095
- Nevada 05099
- Ouachita 05103
- Phillips 05107
- Pike 05109
- Poinsett 05111
- Pope 05115
- Prairie 05117
- Pulaski 05119
- Saline 05125
- Sevier 05133
- St. Francis 05123
- Union 05139
- Washington 05143
- Woodruff 05147
- Yell 05149
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 58 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Bay 12005
- Brevard 12009
- Broward 12011
- Calhoun 12013
- Charlotte 12015
- Citrus 12017
- Clay 12019
- Collier 12021
- Columbia 12023
- DeSoto 12027
- Dixie 12029
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Flagler 12035
- Franklin 12037
- Gilchrist 12041
- Glades 12043
- Hardee 12049
- Hendry 12051
- Hernando 12053
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Holmes 12059
- Indian River 12061
- Jackson 12063
- Jefferson 12065
- Lake 12069
- Lee 12071
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Liberty 12077
- Manatee 12081
- Marion 12083
- Martin 12085
- Miami-Dade 12086
- Monroe 12087
- Nassau 12089
- Okaloosa 12091
- Okeechobee 12093
- Orange 12095
- Palm Beach 12099
- Pasco 12101
- Pinellas 12103
- Polk 12105
- Putnam 12107
- Sarasota 12115
- Seminole 12117
- St. Johns 12109
- St. Lucie 12111
- Sumter 12119
- Suwannee 12121
- Taylor 12123
- Union 12125
- Volusia 12127
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
- Washington 12133
Georgia view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Baker 13007
- Ben Hill 13017
- Berrien 13019
- Bibb 13021
- Catoosa 13047
- Chatham 13051
- Clarke 13059
- Cobb 13067
- Columbia 13073
- Cook 13075
- Elbert 13105
- Fulton 13121
- Glynn 13127
- Gordon 13129
- Grady 13131
- Henry 13151
- Jackson 13157
- Jasper 13159
- Jefferson 13163
- Jones 13169
- Lee 13177
- Liberty 13179
- McIntosh 13191
- Meriwether 13199
- Morgan 13211
- Oconee 13219
- Oglethorpe 13221
- Pike 13231
- Spalding 13255
- Thomas 13275
Illinois view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 61 N ▾
- Acadia 22001
- Allen 22003
- Avoyelles 22009
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Cameron 22023
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- Concordia 22029
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Carroll 22035
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Grant 22043
- Iberia 22045
- Iberville 22047
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson 22051
- Jefferson Davis 22053
- Lafayette 22055
- Lafourche 22057
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Plaquemines 22075
- Pointe Coupee 22077
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Bernard 22087
- St. Charles 22089
- St. Helena 22091
- St. James 22093
- St. John the Baptist 22095
- St. Landry 22097
- St. Martin 22099
- St. Mary 22101
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Tensas 22107
- Terrebonne 22109
- Union 22111
- Vermilion 22113
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Baton Rouge 22121
- West Carroll 22123
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Maine view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 67 N ▾
- Adams 28001
- Alcorn 28003
- Amite 28005
- Attala 28007
- Benton 28009
- Bolivar 28011
- Chickasaw 28017
- Choctaw 28019
- Claiborne 28021
- Clarke 28023
- Coahoma 28027
- Copiah 28029
- Covington 28031
- DeSoto 28033
- Forrest 28035
- Franklin 28037
- Greene 28041
- Hancock 28045
- Harrison 28047
- Hinds 28049
- Holmes 28051
- Humphreys 28053
- Itawamba 28057
- Jackson 28059
- Jasper 28061
- Jefferson 28063
- Jefferson Davis 28065
- Jones 28067
- Kemper 28069
- Lafayette 28071
- Lamar 28073
- Lauderdale 28075
- Lawrence 28077
- Leake 28079
- Lee 28081
- Leflore 28083
- Lowndes 28087
- Madison 28089
- Marshall 28093
- Monroe 28095
- Neshoba 28099
- Newton 28101
- Panola 28107
- Pearl River 28109
- Perry 28111
- Pike 28113
- Pontotoc 28115
- Prentiss 28117
- Quitman 28119
- Rankin 28121
- Scott 28123
- Sharkey 28125
- Simpson 28127
- Smith 28129
- Stone 28131
- Sunflower 28133
- Tallahatchie 28135
- Tishomingo 28141
- Union 28145
- Warren 28149
- Washington 28151
- Wayne 28153
- Webster 28155
- Wilkinson 28157
- Winston 28159
- Yalobusha 28161
- Yazoo 28163
Missouri view state ↗ 8 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 2 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 20 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Bronx 36005
- Cayuga 36011
- Columbia 36021
- Dutchess 36027
- Genesee 36037
- Jefferson 36045
- Kings 36047
- Monroe 36055
- Nassau 36059
- New York 36061
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Orange 36071
- Oswego 36075
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Suffolk 36103
- Ulster 36111
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
North Carolina view state ↗ 68 N ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Anson 37007
- Beaufort 37013
- Bertie 37015
- Bladen 37017
- Brunswick 37019
- Camden 37029
- Carteret 37031
- Caswell 37033
- Chatham 37037
- Cherokee 37039
- Chowan 37041
- Cleveland 37045
- Columbus 37047
- Craven 37049
- Cumberland 37051
- Currituck 37053
- Dare 37055
- Davidson 37057
- Duplin 37061
- Durham 37063
- Edgecombe 37065
- Forsyth 37067
- Franklin 37069
- Gaston 37071
- Gates 37073
- Granville 37077
- Greene 37079
- Guilford 37081
- Halifax 37083
- Harnett 37085
- Hertford 37091
- Hyde 37095
- Johnston 37101
- Jones 37103
- Lee 37105
- Lenoir 37107
- Martin 37117
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Montgomery 37123
- Moore 37125
- Nash 37127
- New Hanover 37129
- Onslow 37133
- Orange 37135
- Pamlico 37137
- Pasquotank 37139
- Pender 37141
- Perquimans 37143
- Person 37145
- Pitt 37147
- Polk 37149
- Randolph 37151
- Richmond 37153
- Robeson 37155
- Rockingham 37157
- Rowan 37159
- Sampson 37163
- Scotland 37165
- Stanly 37167
- Tyrrell 37177
- Union 37179
- Vance 37181
- Wake 37183
- Warren 37185
- Washington 37187
- Wayne 37191
- Wilson 37195
Ohio view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 3 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 42 N ▾
- Aiken 45003
- Allendale 45005
- Anderson 45007
- Bamberg 45009
- Barnwell 45011
- Beaufort 45013
- Berkeley 45015
- Calhoun 45017
- Charleston 45019
- Cherokee 45021
- Chester 45023
- Chesterfield 45025
- Clarendon 45027
- Colleton 45029
- Darlington 45031
- Dillon 45033
- Dorchester 45035
- Edgefield 45037
- Fairfield 45039
- Florence 45041
- Greenville 45045
- Greenwood 45047
- Hampton 45049
- Horry 45051
- Jasper 45053
- Kershaw 45055
- Lancaster 45057
- Laurens 45059
- Lee 45061
- Lexington 45063
- Marion 45067
- Marlboro 45069
- Newberry 45071
- Oconee 45073
- Orangeburg 45075
- Pickens 45077
- Richland 45079
- Saluda 45081
- Spartanburg 45083
- Sumter 45085
- Union 45087
- Williamsburg 45089
Tennessee view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Benton 47005
- Bradley 47011
- Carroll 47017
- Chester 47023
- Coffee 47031
- Crockett 47033
- Fayette 47047
- Gibson 47053
- Hardeman 47069
- Hardin 47071
- Haywood 47075
- Henderson 47077
- Henry 47079
- Humphreys 47085
- Knox 47093
- Lake 47095
- Lauderdale 47097
- Madison 47113
- Marshall 47117
- McNairy 47109
- Obion 47131
- Shelby 47157
- Stewart 47161
- Tipton 47167
Texas view state ↗ 66 N ▾
- Anderson 48001
- Angelina 48005
- Bell 48027
- Bexar 48029
- Bowie 48037
- Brazoria 48039
- Brazos 48041
- Burleson 48051
- Caldwell 48055
- Cameron 48061
- Cass 48067
- Chambers 48071
- Cherokee 48073
- Comal 48091
- Dallas 48113
- Falls 48145
- Fort Bend 48157
- Freestone 48161
- Gillespie 48171
- Gonzales 48177
- Grayson 48181
- Gregg 48183
- Grimes 48185
- Hardin 48199
- Harris 48201
- Harrison 48203
- Hays 48209
- Henderson 48213
- Hidalgo 48215
- Hopkins 48223
- Houston 48225
- Jefferson 48245
- Karnes 48255
- Kinney 48271
- Leon 48289
- Limestone 48293
- Marion 48315
- Matagorda 48321
- Maverick 48323
- McLennan 48309
- Milam 48331
- Montgomery 48339
- Morris 48343
- Nacogdoches 48347
- Newton 48351
- Orange 48361
- Panola 48365
- Polk 48373
- Red River 48387
- Robertson 48395
- Rockwall 48397
- Rusk 48401
- Sabine 48403
- San Jacinto 48407
- Shelby 48419
- Smith 48423
- Tarrant 48439
- Titus 48449
- Travis 48453
- Trinity 48455
- Tyler 48457
- Uvalde 48463
- Walker 48471
- Waller 48473
- Washington 48477
- Wood 48499
Virginia view state ↗ 63 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Amelia 51007
- Appomattox 51011
- Arlington 51013
- Augusta 51015
- Brunswick 51025
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Caroline 51033
- Charles City 51036
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Cumberland 51049
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Fluvanna 51065
- Gloucester 51073
- Goochland 51075
- Greensville 51081
- Halifax 51083
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- King William 51101
- Lancaster 51103
- Louisa 51109
- Lunenburg 51111
- Mathews 51115
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- Nelson 51125
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Northumberland 51133
- Nottoway 51135
- Orange 51137
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Prince William 51153
- Richmond 51159
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Southampton 51175
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Stafford 51179
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- Westmoreland 51193
- York 51199
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/MISC ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5398828 ↗Record version
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