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Pieris phillyreifolia (Hooker) A.P. de Candolle. Subgenus: Pieris. Section: Phillyreoides. Common name: Vine-wicky, Climbing Fetterbush. Phenology: Late Feb-Apr. Habitat: Acidic swamp forests. Distribution: E. SC south to c. peninsular FL west to s. AL.

ID notes: This southeastern species has the remarkable habit of often growing as a creeping vine under the bark of Taxodium ascendens, Chamaecyparis, or (less typically) other tree species, the branches exserted through the bark, sometimes ascending into the upper canopy with the main stem never visible except at the very base of the tree; it also grows as a low shrub. Godfrey (1969) documents the occurrence of this species in our area. See Godfrey & Wooten (1981) and Godfrey (1989) for excellent descriptions and illustrations of this curious "shrub-vine".

Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Synonymy : = Fl5, FNA8, GW2, K4, S13, WH3, Judd (1982a), Li et al (2009), Luteyn et al (1996); = Ampelothamnus phillyreifolius (Hook.) Small — S; = Andromeda phillyreifolia Hook. = n/a — RAB. Basionym: Andromeda phillyreifolia Hook. 1837

Links to other floras: = Pieris phillyreifolia - FNA8

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW

Heliophily : 4

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image of plant© Keith Bradley | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Floyd A. Griffith | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Floyd A. Griffith | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Alan Cressler: Pieris phillyreifolia, conservation garden, Atlanta Botanical Garden, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Scott Ward | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Scott Ward | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Scott Ward | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Jay Horn, Vining up Taxodium bark source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Bruce Sorrie | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Bruce Sorrie | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Scott Ward | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Floyd A. Griffith | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Floyd A. Griffith | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Scott Ward | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© J.W. Hardin | Original Image ⭷

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