Bittersweet Scientific Name: Celastrus orbiculatus
Description: Diffuse woody vine, climbing to heights of 20' or trailing on the ground. Thicket-forming by underground stolons.
Habitat: In many types of soil thickets, woods, fence rows, and along streams.
Range: Central Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas; eastward through Louisiana to Georgia, northward to Quebec, and west to Ontario, Minnesota, South Dakota, and Nebraska.
Type: Vine Source:Trees, Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southwest by Robert Vines
Photograph: James H. Miller, USDA Forest Service from www.forestryimages.org. |
