[Specimen details]

Causonis trifolia
Family Name Vitaceae
Currently Accepted Name Causonis trifolia (L.) Mabb. & J.Wen
Locality USA. Florida , Lee Co. : Caloosahatchee Creeks Preserve West, ca. 120 m WSW of I-75. 26° 42' 35" N 81° 48' 34" W
Description Plants occupying ca. 0.5 acres in understory, climbing up tall shrubs.
Habitat Mesic to hydric hammock with Sabal palmetto - Quercus virginiana canopy, the canopy opened by Hurricane Irma in Sep 2017; associates include Toxicodendron radicans, Senna pendula, Acrostichum danaeifolium, Rubus trivialis, Baccaris glomeruliflora, Sambucus nigricans subsp. canadensis, Ipomoea alba, Schinus terebinthifolia, Cissus verticillata, Morella cerifera, and Blechnum serrulatum.
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector D. Sowell
Collection Date 05 Feb 2018
Accession Number 296607
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Causonis trifolia
Family Name Vitaceae
Currently Accepted Name Causonis trifolia (L.) Mabb. & J.Wen
Locality USA. Florida , Lee Co. : Billy's Creek Preserve, NE corner; ENE of downtown Fort Myers; NAD 1983 HARN Florida Albers. 26° 42' 34" N 81° 48' 33" W
Habitat Highly disturbed site with numerous non-native invasive; full sun; with abundant fruits; gross area of infestation ca. 1 acre, with ca. 50% acreage with plants on ground and running up Taxodium and Sabal palmetto; additional plants on private property just N of park boundary; associated species: Taxodium distichum, Raystonea regia, Ardisia elliptica, Bidens alba, Urena lobata, Momordica charantia, Sabal palmetto, Senna pendula, Abrus precatorius, Quercus laurifolia, Schinus terebinthifolia.
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector D. Sowell
Collection Date 05 Feb 2018
Accession Number 296608
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Causonis trifolia
Family Name Vitaceae
Currently Accepted Name Causonis trifolia (L.) Mabb. & J.Wen
Locality USA. Florida , Miami-Dade Co. : Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden.
Description Once planted and removed, now persisting weedy.
Habitat Unmanaged maintenance area.
Reproductive State
Collector J. Lange
with J. Possley
Collection Date 01 Dec 2019
Accession Number 300856
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Causonis trifolia
Family Name Vitaceae
Currently Accepted Name Causonis trifolia (L.) Mabb. & J.Wen - Determined By: M. S. Frank,
Locality USA. Florida , Lee Co. : NE edge of Billy Creek Preserve and Filter Marsh, 4320 Woodside Avenue, Fort Myers. 26° 39' 48" N 81° 49' 15" E
Description Encroaching from residential garden, now covering an area ca. 100 ft.; vine climbing to 30 ft. tall; fruit stalks pendent with immature (green) and mature (purple) fruit in the same cluster.
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector S. H. Brown
Collection Date 26 Jan 2018
Accession Number 304398
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