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  • From: mIEKAL aND <dtv@mwt.net>
  • To: permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] !!Can anyone ID this vine?
  • Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2002 18:49:46 -0500

Yikes, I sure missed the boat on this one. Kevin had it right, the vine is
most likely Clematis virginiana, from the buttercup family & what I
thought was flowers is actually some long hairs frizzing out of the
seedpods. I like the feel of this plant a lot, hanging down from the
branches of the sumac patch. Creates an effect similar to that of spanish
moss which of course does not grow here in southwest WISCONSIN. This plant
tells me its a natural fit for the our nut gardens. Being a poet, the
thing I find most fascinating is the seeming irony to the different common
names I ran across, Virgin's Bower, Old Man's Beard & Medusa Head.

mIEKAL

Heide Hermary wrote:

> Are those the inflorescenses or the seedheads?
> Heide
>
> mIEKAL aND wrote:
>
> >I found this foto of wild clematis on the net & it looks nothing at all
> >like the vine in my fotos. the wild clematis looks to be very close to
> >cultivatar varieties of clematis. the plant in my picture has very
> >spidery white inflorescences. I neglected to shoot a foto of the
> >leaves, & I'll try to add that.
> >
> >mIEKAL
> >
> >
> >
> >Kevin email wrote:
> >
> >>It looks like wild clematis.
> >>
> >>Kevin
> >>
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: permaculture-admin@lists.ibiblio.org
> >>[mailto:permaculture-admin@lists.ibiblio.org]On Behalf Of mIEKAL aND
> >>Sent: Saturday, September 14, 2002 1:06 AM
> >>To: permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org
> >>Subject: [permaculture] !!Can anyone ID this vine?
> >>
> >>!!Can anyone ID this vine?
> >>
> >>[http://www.dreamtimevillage.org/plants/fotos/mystery_plant_one_a.jpg]
> >>
> >>----
> >>
> >>[http://www.dreamtimevillage.org/plants/fotos/mystery_plant_one_b.jpg]
> >>
> >>----
> >>
> >>http://www.ibiblio.org/ecolandtech/pcwiki/index.php/MysteryPlantOne
> >>





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