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Berchemia scandens (Hill) K. Koch
Alabama supplejack

       
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Distribution:
Berchemia scandens (Hill) K. Koch

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USA (AL, AR, FL, GA, IL, KY, LA, MD, MO, MS, NC, OK, SC, TN, TX, VA)
 

Related Taxa:
Berchemia scandens (Hill) K. Koch

View 20 genera in Rhamnaceae, 1 species in Berchemia
 

Classification:
Berchemia scandens (Hill) K. Koch

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass Rosidae
Order Rhamnales
Family Rhamnaceae – Buckthorn family
Genus Berchemia Neck. ex DC. – supplejack
Species Berchemia scandens (Hill) K. Koch – Alabama supplejack
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Berchemia scandens (Hill) K. Koch

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Illinois:
supple-jack              Endangered
Kentucky:
supplejack              Threatened
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Berchemia scandens (Hill) K. Koch

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
FAC+,FACW FACW FACW FAC+ NO NO FAC+ NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
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Wildlife Habitat Values:
Berchemia scandens (Hill) K. Koch

  Large Mammals Small Mammals Water Birds Terrestrial Birds
Source Large Mammals Food Large Mammals Cover Small Mammals Food Small Mammals Cover Water Birds Food Water Birds Cover Terrestrial Birds Food Terrestrial Birds Cover
Miller Moderate           Low  
Yarrow Low   Low   Low   Low  
Wildlife Habitat Values

 

Miller, J.H., and K.V. Miller. 1999. Forest plants of the southeast and their wildlife uses. Southern Weed Science Society.

Yarrow, G.K., and D.T. Yarrow. 1999. Managing wildlife. Sweet Water Press, Birmingham.

 

More Accounts and Images:
Berchemia scandens (Hill) K. Koch

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 28447.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

 
 
Time Generated: 10/24/2008 02:27 AM MDT