Clematis vitalba L.
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Clematis vitalba is naturalized in only a few sites in eastern North America and northwestern Oregon to the Puget Sound.
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Clematis vitalba (also known as Old man's beard and Traveller's Joy) is a shrub of the Ranunculaceae family.
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Description[edit]
Clematis vitalba is a climbing shrub with branched, grooved stems, deciduous leaves, and scented greeny-white flowers with fluffy underlying sepals. The many fruits formed in each inflorescence have long silky appendages which, seen together, give the characteristic appearance of Old Man's beard. The grooves along the stems of C. vitalba can easily be felt when handling the plant.
This species is eaten by the larvae of a wide range of moths. This includes many species which are reliant on it as their sole foodplant; including Small Emerald, Small Waved Umber and Haworth's Pug.
Range[edit]
C. vitalba has a preference for base rich alkaline soils and moist climate with warm summers
United Kingdom[edit]
In the UK it is a native plant and is common throughout England south of a line from the River Mersey and the River Humber. It also commonly occurs in southern, Eastern and northern Wales. Outside of these areas it is widely planted and occurs as far north as the southern highlands of Scotland.[1]
Characteristics[edit]
- Reproductive organs:
- Inflorescence type: biparous cyme
- Sex: hermaphrodite
- Type of pollination: entomophilous
- Seed:
- Type of fruit: achene
- Dissemination: With the wind
- Habitat and distribution:
- Type of habitat: Mid-European shrubberies, mountainsides, in moderately eutrophic regions
- Distribution: Holarctic
Invasiveness[edit]
Due to its disseminatory reproductive system, vitality, and climbing behavior, Clematis vitalba is an invasive plant in most places, including many in which it is native. Some new tree plantations can be suffocated by a thick layer of Clematis vitalba, if not checked. [2]
- New Zealand
In New Zealand it is declared an "unwanted organism" and is listed in the National Pest Plant Accord. It cannot be sold, propagated or distributed. It is a potential threat to native plants since it grows vigorously and forms a canopy which smothers all other plants and has no natural controlling organisms in New Zealand. New Zealand native species of Clematis have smooth stems and can easily be differentiated from C. vitalba by touch.
Use[edit]
Clematis vitalba was used to make rope during the Stone Age in Switzerland.[3] In Slovenia, the stems of the plant were used for weaving baskets for onions and also for binding crops.[4] It was particularly useful for binding sheaves of grain because mice do not gnaw on it.[5] It is also widely considered in the medical community to be an effective cure for stress and nerves.[citation needed]
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References[edit]
- ^ New Atlas of the British and Irish Flora
- ^ Invasive Species Compendium. "Clematis vitalba". Retrieved October 2011.
- ^ Johnson, Magnus. 2001. The genus Clematis. Södertälje: Magnus Johnsons Plantskola AB, p. 37.
- ^ Petauer, Tomaž. 1993. Leksikon rastlinskih bogastev. Ljubljana: Tehniška založba Slovenije, p. 139.
- ^ Kržan, Vanja. 2010. "Mi pa oznanjamo Kristusa, križanega (1 Kor 1,23)." Zaveza 42 (25 February). (Slovene)
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Canada
Origin: Exotic
Regularity: Regularly occurring
Currently: Unknown/Undetermined
Confidence: Confident
United States
Origin: Exotic
Regularity: Regularly occurring
Currently: Unknown/Undetermined
Confidence: Confident
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introduced; B.C., Ont.; Maine, Oreg., Wash.; native to Europe, n Africa.
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Up to 30 m
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Roadsides, waste ground, secondary growth; 0-100m.
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Riparian forests, outskirts of the forest and bushes
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In Great Britain and/or Ireland:
Foodplant / saprobe
fruitbody of Athelopsis glaucina is saprobic on decayed liana of Clematis vitalba
Other: minor host/prey
Foodplant / saprobe
fruitbody of Athelopsis lembospora is saprobic on decayed liana of Clematis vitalba
Other: minor host/prey
Foodplant / saprobe
fruitbody of Auricularia auricula-judae is saprobic on wood of Clematis vitalba
Foodplant / saprobe
fruitbody of Basidiodendron spinosum is saprobic on dead liana of Clematis vitalba
Foodplant / saprobe
fruitbody of Brevicellicium olivascens is saprobic on old, decayed liana of Clematis vitalba
Other: major host/prey
Foodplant / saprobe
pycnidium of Camarosporium coelomycetous anamorph of Camarosporium vitalbae is saprobic on dead liane of Clematis vitalba
Foodplant / saprobe
bark (inside) of Clematis vitalba is saprobic on sporodochium of Excipularia fusispora
Foodplant / saprobe
fruitbody of Clitopilus hobsonii is saprobic on dead stem of Clematis vitalba
Other: minor host/prey
Foodplant / parasite
Erysiphe aquilegiae var. ranunculi parasitises Clematis vitalba
Foodplant / saprobe
sporodochium of Excipularia dematiaceous anamorph of Excipularia fusispora is saprobic on bark (inside) of Clematis vitalba
Remarks: season: 1-9
Foodplant / saprobe
fruitbody of Exidia nucleata is saprobic on dead stem of Clematis vitalba
Other: minor host/prey
Foodplant / saprobe
fruitbody of Exidiopsis calcea is saprobic on dead stem of Clematis vitalba
Foodplant / saprobe
fruitbody of Globulicium hiemale is saprobic on decayed wood of Clematis vitalba
Foodplant / saprobe
fruitbody of Hyphodontia breviseta is saprobic on dead liana of Clematis vitalba
Other: minor host/prey
Foodplant / saprobe
fruitbody of Hyphodontia pruni is saprobic on dead, decayed stem of Clematis vitalba
Other: minor host/prey
Plant / associate
Leptophloeus clematidis is associated with Clematis vitalba
Foodplant / saprobe
fruitbody of Lindtneria leucobryophila is saprobic on dead, fallen liana of Clematis vitalba
Foodplant / saprobe
fruitbody of Litschauerella clematidis is saprobic on living liana of Clematis vitalba
Other: sole host/prey
Foodplant / saprobe
fruitbody of Marasmius tenuiparietalis is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed leaf of Clematis vitalba
Foodplant / parasite
Marssonia coelomycetous anamorph of Marssonia clematidis parasitises live Clematis vitalba
Foodplant / saprobe
fruitbody of Pellidiscus pallidus is saprobic on dead, decayed liana of Clematis vitalba
Foodplant / saprobe
fruitbody of Phanerochaete martelliana is saprobic on dead, decayed liana of Clematis vitalba
Foodplant / saprobe
fruitbody of Phlebiella fibrillosa is saprobic on dead liana of Clematis vitalba
Foodplant / feeds on
pycnidium of Phoma coelomycetous anamorph of Phoma vulgaris feeds on Clematis vitalba
Foodplant / internal feeder
larva of Phytomyza clematidis feeds within seedhead of Clematis vitalba
Other: sole host/prey
Foodplant / miner
larva of Phytomyza fulgens mines leaf of Clematis vitalba
Other: sole host/prey
Foodplant / miner
larva of Phytomyza vitalbae mines leaf (upper surface) of Clematis vitalba
Other: sole host/prey
Foodplant / saprobe
fruitbody of Radulomyces confluens is saprobic on dead, decayed liana of Clematis vitalba
Other: unusual host/prey
Foodplant / saprobe
fruitbody of Radulomyces rickii is saprobic on dead liana of Clematis vitalba
Other: major host/prey
Foodplant / saprobe
immersed pseudothecium of Rebentischia unicaudata is saprobic on dead stem of Clematis vitalba
Foodplant / saprobe
fruitbody of Resupinatus applicatus is saprobic on dead, decayed liana of Clematis vitalba
Other: unusual host/prey
Foodplant / saprobe
fruitbody of Schizopora paradoxa is saprobic on dead, decayed liana of Clematis vitalba
Other: unusual host/prey
Foodplant / spot causer
amphigenous, very minute, immersed, pallid brown pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph of Septoria clematidis causes spots on live leaf of Clematis vitalba
Remarks: season: 6-10
Foodplant / saprobe
fruitbody of Sistotremastrum suecicum is saprobic on dead, decayed liana of Clematis vitalba
Other: major host/prey
Foodplant / saprobe
effuse colony of Sporidesmium dematiaceous anamorph of Sporidesmium aturbinatum is saprobic on wood or bark of Clematis vitalba
Remarks: season: 4-8
Other: minor host/prey
Foodplant / saprobe
fruitbody of Steccherinum fimbriatum is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed liana of Clematis vitalba
Other: unusual host/prey
Plant / resting place / on
fruitbody of Tomentella punicea may be found on dead, decayed liana of Clematis vitalba
Other: unusual host/prey
Foodplant / saprobe
fruitbody of Vararia gallica is saprobic on dead, decayed liana of Clematis vitalba
Foodplant / internal feeder
larva of Xylocleptes bispinus feeds within stem of Clematis vitalba
Flowering summer (Jun-Aug).
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The following is a representative barcode sequence, the centroid of all available sequences for this species.