Index / Search / Nekemias arborea
§1 Plant
Nekemias arborea (L.) J. Wen & Boggan
vernacular peppervine — species · Vitaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Vine
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Vitaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Nekemias
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- PR Puerto Rico Native
§2b
County-level range
· 426 counties across 15 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Medium
- Shade
- Low
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- Medium
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- Low
- CaCO₃
- Low
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -13 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 110 min.
- Precipitation
- 35–60 in/yr
- pH range
- 4–8
- Root depth
- 6 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Multiple Stem
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Lifespan
- Moderate
- Mature height
- 0.1 ft
- Foliage texture
- Medium
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Porous
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Green
- Fruit colour
- Black
- Fire resistant
- Yes
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Late Spring
- Seed abundance
- Low
- Seed begins
- Spring
- Seed ends
- Summer
- Spread rate
- Moderate
- Stratify
- No
- Propagation
- seed, bare root, container, sprigs
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- No
- Browse palatability
- Medium
- Graze palatability
- Medium
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 426 counties across 15 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 45 N ▾
- Autauga 01001
- Baldwin 01003
- Barbour 01005
- Bibb 01007
- Bullock 01011
- Calhoun 01015
- Cherokee 01019
- Choctaw 01023
- Clarke 01025
- Colbert 01033
- Conecuh 01035
- Covington 01039
- Crenshaw 01041
- Dale 01045
- Dallas 01047
- Elmore 01051
- Escambia 01053
- Etowah 01055
- Geneva 01061
- Greene 01063
- Hale 01065
- Henry 01067
- Houston 01069
- Jackson 01071
- Jefferson 01073
- Lauderdale 01077
- Lawrence 01079
- Lee 01081
- Lowndes 01085
- Macon 01087
- Madison 01089
- Marengo 01091
- Mobile 01097
- Montgomery 01101
- Morgan 01103
- Perry 01105
- Pickens 01107
- Pike 01109
- Russell 01113
- Shelby 01117
- St. Clair 01115
- Sumter 01119
- Tuscaloosa 01125
- Washington 01129
- Wilcox 01131
Arkansas view state ↗ 61 N ▾
- Arkansas 05001
- Ashley 05003
- Benton 05007
- Bradley 05011
- Calhoun 05013
- Carroll 05015
- Chicot 05017
- Clark 05019
- Clay 05021
- Cleburne 05023
- Cleveland 05025
- Conway 05029
- Craighead 05031
- Crawford 05033
- Crittenden 05035
- Cross 05037
- Dallas 05039
- Desha 05041
- Drew 05043
- Faulkner 05045
- Franklin 05047
- Fulton 05049
- Garland 05051
- Grant 05053
- Hempstead 05057
- Howard 05061
- Independence 05063
- Jefferson 05069
- Lafayette 05073
- Lawrence 05075
- Lee 05077
- Lincoln 05079
- Little River 05081
- Logan 05083
- Lonoke 05085
- Marion 05089
- Miller 05091
- Mississippi 05093
- Monroe 05095
- Nevada 05099
- Newton 05101
- Ouachita 05103
- Perry 05105
- Phillips 05107
- Pike 05109
- Poinsett 05111
- Pope 05115
- Pulaski 05119
- Randolph 05121
- Saline 05125
- Scott 05127
- Searcy 05129
- Sebastian 05131
- Sevier 05133
- St. Francis 05123
- Stone 05137
- Union 05139
- Washington 05143
- White 05145
- Woodruff 05147
- Yell 05149
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 56 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Bradford 12007
- Brevard 12009
- Broward 12011
- Calhoun 12013
- Charlotte 12015
- Citrus 12017
- Collier 12021
- Columbia 12023
- Dixie 12029
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Flagler 12035
- Franklin 12037
- Gadsden 12039
- Glades 12043
- Gulf 12045
- Hamilton 12047
- Hardee 12049
- Hendry 12051
- Hernando 12053
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Holmes 12059
- Indian River 12061
- Jackson 12063
- Jefferson 12065
- Lafayette 12067
- Lake 12069
- Lee 12071
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Liberty 12077
- Manatee 12081
- Marion 12083
- Martin 12085
- Miami-Dade 12086
- Monroe 12087
- Okeechobee 12093
- Orange 12095
- Osceola 12097
- Palm Beach 12099
- Pasco 12101
- Pinellas 12103
- Polk 12105
- Putnam 12107
- Santa Rosa 12113
- Sarasota 12115
- St. Johns 12109
- St. Lucie 12111
- Sumter 12119
- Suwannee 12121
- Volusia 12127
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
- Washington 12133
Georgia view state ↗ 35 N ▾
- Baker 13007
- Ben Hill 13017
- Camden 13039
- Charlton 13049
- Chatham 13051
- Cherokee 13057
- Clarke 13059
- Coffee 13069
- Columbia 13073
- Crisp 13081
- Decatur 13087
- Dougherty 13095
- Echols 13101
- Grady 13131
- Harris 13145
- Henry 13151
- Houston 13153
- Jackson 13157
- Jasper 13159
- Jefferson 13163
- Lee 13177
- Liberty 13179
- Lowndes 13185
- McIntosh 13191
- Morgan 13211
- Muscogee 13215
- Pike 13231
- Richmond 13245
- Screven 13251
- Stewart 13259
- Tattnall 13267
- Thomas 13275
- Treutlen 13283
- Wayne 13305
- Worth 13321
Illinois view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Ballard 21007
- Bell 21013
- Carlisle 21039
- Cumberland 21057
- Fayette 21067
- Franklin 21073
- Fulton 21075
- Hardin 21093
- Henry 21103
- Hickman 21105
- Jefferson 21111
- Jessamine 21113
- Kenton 21117
- Knox 21121
- Larue 21123
- Lyon 21143
- Madison 21151
- McCracken 21145
- McLean 21149
- Montgomery 21173
- Powell 21197
- Trigg 21221
- Warren 21227
- Woodford 21239
Louisiana view state ↗ 63 N ▾
- Acadia 22001
- Allen 22003
- Ascension 22005
- Assumption 22007
- 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
Mississippi view state ↗ 47 N ▾
- Adams 28001
- Amite 28005
- Bolivar 28011
- Carroll 28015
- Choctaw 28019
- Claiborne 28021
- Clarke 28023
- Clay 28025
- Coahoma 28027
- Copiah 28029
- DeSoto 28033
- Forrest 28035
- George 28039
- Greene 28041
- Hancock 28045
- Hinds 28049
- Holmes 28051
- Issaquena 28055
- Itawamba 28057
- Jackson 28059
- Jasper 28061
- Kemper 28069
- Lawrence 28077
- Leake 28079
- Lee 28081
- Leflore 28083
- Lowndes 28087
- Madison 28089
- Marion 28091
- Newton 28101
- Panola 28107
- Pearl River 28109
- Perry 28111
- Quitman 28119
- Rankin 28121
- Scott 28123
- Sharkey 28125
- Smith 28129
- Sunflower 28133
- Tallahatchie 28135
- Tate 28137
- Tunica 28143
- Warren 28149
- Washington 28151
- Wayne 28153
- Wilkinson 28157
- Yazoo 28163
North Carolina view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Beaufort 37013
- Bertie 37015
- Bladen 37017
- Brunswick 37019
- Carteret 37031
- Columbus 37047
- Craven 37049
- Cumberland 37051
- Dare 37055
- Greene 37079
- Hyde 37095
- Jones 37103
- Lenoir 37107
- Martin 37117
- Mecklenburg 37119
- New Hanover 37129
- Onslow 37133
- Pamlico 37137
- Pitt 37147
- Robeson 37155
- Scotland 37165
- Wilson 37195
South Carolina view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Aiken 45003
- Allendale 45005
- Barnwell 45011
- Berkeley 45015
- Calhoun 45017
- Charleston 45019
- Clarendon 45027
- Colleton 45029
- Darlington 45031
- Dorchester 45035
- Florence 45041
- Georgetown 45043
- Greenwood 45047
- Hampton 45049
- Horry 45051
- Jasper 45053
- Kershaw 45055
- Lee 45061
- Lexington 45063
- Marion 45067
- Marlboro 45069
- McCormick 45065
- Orangeburg 45075
- Sumter 45085
Tennessee view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Benton 47005
- Blount 47009
- Carroll 47017
- Coffee 47031
- Davidson 47037
- Dyer 47045
- Hamblen 47063
- Hardin 47071
- Henderson 47077
- Henry 47079
- Knox 47093
- Lake 47095
- Lauderdale 47097
- Lincoln 47103
- Madison 47113
- Montgomery 47125
- Obion 47131
- Shelby 47157
- Stewart 47161
- Sumner 47165
- Tipton 47167
- Washington 47179
- Wilson 47189
Virginia view state ↗ 13 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 3 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/NEAR5 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/8099353 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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