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Your search found 3 taxa in the family Menispermaceae, Moonseed family, as understood by Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
Carolina Moonseed, Coralbeads, Carolina Snailseed, Red Moonseed
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Nephroia carolina FAMILY: Menispermaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cocculus carolinus FAMILY: Menispermaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cocculus carolinus 079-01-001 FAMILY: Menispermaceae
Habitat: Moist to dry forests and thickets, especially where calcareous, also weedy in landscaped areas
Common (uncommon in NC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Moonseed, Yellow Parilla
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Menispermum canadense FAMILY: Menispermaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Menispermum canadense FAMILY: Menispermaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Menispermum canadense 079-02-001 FAMILY: Menispermaceae
Habitat: Moist nutrient-rich forests, especially on floodplains or lower slopes, less commonly in dry calcium-rich forests and woodlands
Common in NC Mountains & NC Piedmont, uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Cupseed, Lyonia-vine
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Calycocarpum lyonii FAMILY: Menispermaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Calycocarpum lyonii FAMILY: Menispermaceae
Habitat: Mesic upland, riparian, and bottomland forests, stream banks, wet hammocks
Rare
Native to Georgia
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