FNPS Plant Database

Nekemias arborea

pepper-vine

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Nomenclature

Common Name:

pepper-vine

Synonym(s):

Ampelopsis arborea

Genus species:

Nekemias arborea

Family:

Vitaceae

Plant Specifics

Form:

vine

Size:

20-35 ft tall by 10 ft wide

Life Span:

Long-lived perennial

Flower Color:

green,NA

Fruit Color:

purple,black

Phenology:

deciduous

Noted For:

Showy Fruits, Interesting Foliage

Landscaping

Recommended Uses:

For special uses only. This tall growing vine can hide unsightly objects in moist places and is useful to providing cover for wildlife and food for birds. When grown on a fence or arbor, new leaves can be bright red in color.

Considerations:

Can get weedy.

Availability:

Seed

Propagation:

Seed

Light:

Part Sun

Moisture Tolerance:

Always Flooded------------------------------------------------Extremely Dry

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Usually moist, occasional inundation ---to--- Not wet but not extremely dry

Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:

Unknown

Salt Spray/Salty Soil Tolerance:

Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Soil or Other Substrate:

Sand, Loam

Soil pH:

mildly acidic to mildly alkaline

Suitable to Grow In:

8A,8B,9A,9B,10A,10B

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Ecology

Wildlife:

Pollinators, Birds, Mammals

Attracts hymenoptera (native bees and flies).

Fruit is eaten by songbirds and small mammals. White-tailed deer browse the leaves and twigs. 

Native Habitats:

Moist sites. Hammocks, hummocks in wetlands, hummocks in riverine swamps.

Natural Range in Florida:

Comments:

Ethnobotany:

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Citations:

Wunderlin, R. P., B. F. Hansen, A. R. Franck, and F. B. Essig. 2021. Atlas of Florida Plants (http://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/). Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa.

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