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Menispermum canadense, photographed by an iNaturalist contributor
(c) Caleb Wardlaw, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Caleb Wardlaw · CC BY-NC
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Menispermum canadense

Canadian moonseed · also Common moonseed, Yellow parilla, Canada moonseed

13
trees mapped
0.00%
of all named trees
1
city
3.0 yr
median age (92% have a planting date)

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Canadian Moonseed (Menispermum canadense) is a flowering liana native to eastern North America, spanning from southern Canada to northern Florida and west to Manitoba and Texas. It is typically found in thickets, moist woods, and along stream banks. This species is part of the Menispermaceae family.

Where it grows

Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.

  1. Boston · United States
    133.0 yr—

Traits

Water needs
High

Native range

Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.

Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests

  • East Central Texas forests
  • Eastern Canadian Forest-Boreal transition
  • Eastern Great Lakes lowland forests
  • Mississippi lowland forests
  • Northeast US Coastal forests

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