Dioscorea villosa L.

The New York Botanical Garden
Dioscorea villosa L.
det. by L.Raz, 2000 for Flora of North America
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FAMILY DIOSCOREACEAE
PLANTS OF MICHIGAN
THE MORTON ARBORETUM, LISLE, IL 60532
Col. No. sn	Berrien Co.
Dioscorea villosa L.
var.
In Lakeside, between RR and Red Arrow Hwy., 1/2 mi. S of Brown Rd. 088 41 00W, 041 50
00N. In low, wet, sandy soil with Vemonia, Solidago, Equisetum arvense, Onoclea sensibilis,
Fraxinus pennsylvanica, Salix glaucophylloides var. glaucophylla, Ambrosia artemisiifolia
var. elatior. Vine colony 3m in dia. climbing up 2-3m on a multi-stem Ulmus americana,
twining plant, no prickles, fruit 3-sided, high on the plant, stem 3mm in dia. Sample part: (LF
ST FR), RT. NCI Code 0GDK3178-79
Collected by George Hickman	8/30/99
COLLECTED FOR THE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE-1999-2000
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