Vines of Berrien County, Michigan
Credit: Oriental Bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculata), courtesy of USDA Forest Service.Vines constitute a particular growth form (or habit) of vascular plants. Plants USDA defines a vine as follows:
Twining/climbing plant with relatively long stems, can be woody or herbaceous.The vines of Berrien County constitute a subset of the monocots and dicots known from the county.
Of the 48 species listed below, 13 occur only as vines; 27 can also be forbs/herbs under certain conditions; 3 can be subshrubs; 2 can be shrubs; 1 can be a forb/herb or subshrub; 1 can be a subshrub or shrub; and 1 can be a forb/herb, subshrub, or shrub, depending on conditions. These 48 species represent 27 genera, 19 families, 16 orders, and 2 classes.
Scientific and common names follow the online USDA Plants database. Species known to occur in Berrien County only as a result of human Introduction are denoted by [I]. Species for which there is a question as to their Native or Introduced origin are denoted [I?].
Species that have been determined to be of Special Plants in Michigan are denoted as follows: [SC] = Special Concern, [T] = Threatened.
Growth habits are denoted as follows: {f/b} = forb/herb, {ss} = subshrub [=dwarf shrub], {s} = shrub, {v} = vine (woody plus herbaceous). Species known to have woody stems are denoted with a {W}.
CLASS LILIOPSIDA (monocots)
ORDER LILIALESCLASS MAGNOLIOPSIDA (dicots)
Family Dioscoreaceae (yams):Dioscorea vollosa, Wild Yam (f/h/v}
Family Smilacaceae (catbriers):Smilax ecirrhata, Upright Carrionflower {f/h/v} Smilax illinoensis, Illinois Greenbrier {f/h/v} Smilax lasioneura, Blue Ridge Carrionflower {f/h/v} Smilax rotundifolia, Roundleaf Greenbrier (s/v} Smilax tamnoides, Bristly Greenbrier (s/v} {W}
ORDER CELASTRALES
Family Celastraceae (bittersweet family):Celastrus orbiculata, Oriental Bittersweet [I] {v} {W} Celastrus scandens, American Bittersweet {v} {W} Euonymus obovatus (=obovata), Running Strawberry Bush {ss/s/v}
ORDER DIPSACALES
Family Caprifoliaceae (honeysuckle family):Lonicera dioica, Limber Honeysuckle {v} {W} Lonicera japonica, Japanese Honeysuckle [I] {v} {W}
ORDER GENTIANALES
Family Apocynaceae (dogbane family):Vinca minor, Common Periwinkle [I] {f/h/v} {W}
ORDER PAPAVERALES
Family Fumariaceae (fumitory family):Adlumia fungosa, Allegheny Vine [SC] {f/h/v}
ORDER POLYGALALES
Family Polygonaceae (buckwheat family):Polygonum arifolium, Halberdleaf Tearthumb {f/h/v} Polygonum cilinode, Fringed Black Bindweed {f/h/v} Polygonum convolvulus, Black Bindweed [I] {f/h/v} Polygonum sagittatum, Arrowleaf Tearthum {f/h/v} Polygonum scandens, Climbing False Buckwheat [I?] {f/h/v}
ORDER RANUNCULALES
Family Menispermaceae (moonseed family):Menispermum canadense, Common Moonseed {v} {W}
Family Ranunculaceae (buttercup family):Clematis virginiana, Devil’s Darning Needles {v} {W}
ORDER RHAMNALES
Family Vitaceae (grape family):Parthenocissus quinquefolia (including inserta), Virginia Creeper {v} {W} Vitis aestivalis, Summer Grape {v} {W} Vitis labrusca, Fox Grape {v} {W} Vitis riparia, Riverbank Grape {v} {W} Vitis vulpina, Frost Grape [T] {v} {W}
ORDER ROSALES
Family Rosaceae (rose family):Rosa multiflora, Multiflora Rose [I] {ss/v} {W} Rosa setigera, Climbing Rose {ss/v} {W} Rubus laciniatus, Cutleaf Blackberry [I] {ss/v} {W}
ORDER RUBIALES
Family Rubiaceae (madder family):Galium aparine, Stickywilly {f/h/v} Galium trifidum, Threepetal Bedstraw {f/h/v} Galium verum, Yellow Spring Bedstraw [I] {f/h/v}
ORDER SAPINDALES
Family Anacardiaceae (sumac family):Toxicodendron radicans, Eastern Poison Ivy {f/h/ss/s/v} {W}
ORDER SCROPHULARIALES
Family Bignoniaceae (trumpet-creeper family):Campsis radicans, Trumpet Creeper {v} {W}
ORDER SOLANALES
Family Convolvulaceae (morning-glory family):Calystegia sepsium, Hedge False Bindweed [I?] {f/h/v} Calystegia silvatica, Shortstalk False Bindweed [I?] {f/h/v} Convolvulus arvensis, Field Bindweed [I] {v} Ipomoea pandurata, Man of the Earth [T] {f/h/v} Ipomoea purpurea, Tall Morning-glory [I] {f/h/v}
Family Cuscutaceae (dodder family):Cuscuta campestris, Fiveangled Dodder^ [SC] {f/h/v} Cuscuta cephalanthi, Buttonbush Dodder {f/h/v} Cuscuta glomerata, Rope Dodder [SC (last observed 1906)] {f/h/v} Cuscuta grovoni, Scaldweed {f/h/v}
Family Solanaceae (potato family):Solanum dulcamara, Climbing Nightshade [I] {f/h/ss/v}
ORDER URTICALES
Family Cannabaceae (hemp family):Humulus lupulus, Common Hop [I?] {f/h/v}
ORDER VIOLALES
Family Cucurbitaceae (cucumber family):Citrullus lanatus, Watermelon [I] {f/h/v} Cucurbita foetidissima, Missouri Gourd {f/h/v} Echinocystis lobata, Wild Cucumber {f/h/v} Sicyos angulatus, Oneseed Bur Cucumber {f/h/v}
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