Nekemias arborea
pepper-vine
Vitaceae
Plant Specifics
Form:
vine
Size:
20-35 ft tall by 10 ft wide
Life Span:
long-lived perennial
Flower Color:
green
Fruit Color:
purple, black
Phenology:
deciduous
Noted For:
Showy Fruits, Interesting Foliage
Landscaping
Recommended Uses:
For special uses only. This tall growing vine can hide unsightly objects in moist places and is useful to providing cover for wildlife and food for birds. When grown on a fence or arbor, new leaves can be bright red in color.
Considerations:
Can get weedy.
Light:
Part Sun
Moisture Tolerance:
Usually moist, occasional inundation ---- to ---- Not wet but not extremely dry
Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:
Unknown
Salt Spray/Salty Soil Tolerance:
Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray
Soil or Other Substrate:
Sand, Loam
Suitable to Grow In:
8A,8B,9A,9B,10A,10B
Ecology
Wildlife:
Pollinators, Birds, Mammals
Attracts hymenoptera (native bees and flies).
Fruit is eaten by songbirds and small mammals. White-tailed deer browse the leaves and twigs.
Native Habitats:
Moist sites. Hammocks, hummocks in wetlands, hummocks in riverine swamps.
