HYDRANGEACEAE - - Hydrangea Family

Decumaria barbara Linnaeus — Climbing Hydrangea

Habitat:

Swamp forests and bottomlands, moist forests in the mountains. This handsome vine climbs to the tops of trees via adventitious roots. The opposite leaves are somewhat fleshy in texture.

Habitat information from:
Weakley, Alan S., Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States, Working Draft of 21 May 2015.

Kartesz, J.T., The Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2015. North American Plant Atlas. (http://bonap.net/napa). Chapel Hill, N.C. [maps generated from Kartesz, J.T. 2015. Floristic Synthesis of North America, Version 1.0. Biota of North America Program (BONAP). (in press)].