Hydrangea barbara (L.) B. Schulz

Locations ofHydrangea barbara (L.) B. Schulz in Virginia

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Family
Hydrangeaceae
Botanical Name
Hydrangea barbara (L.) B. Schulz
Common Name
Climbing Hydrangea, Woodvamp
Synonym(s)
Decumaria barbara L.
Flora of Virginia Name/Status
Hydrangea barbara (L.) B. Schulz
Comments
Traditionally treated as Decumaria barbara. Molecular analyses have demonstrated that Hydrangea (sensu lato) is polyphyletic, and should either be circumscribed more broadly to include other genera (including Decumaria) in tribe Hydrangeeae that are phylogenetically embedded, or separated into multiple, monophyletic segregate genera (in which case Decumaria would be retained). Flora of the Southeastern U.S. (Weakley et al. 2023) and Flora of Virginia have chosen to follow the first option, which has been formalized by De Smet et al. (2015, Taxon 64: 741–752).
Habitat
Alluvial, nonriverine, and tidal swamp forests; floodplain forests, seepage swamps, wet flatwoods and depressions. Common in the s. and c. Coastal Plain, becoming local and infrequent north to the Middle Peninsula and Northern Neck.
Native Status
Native

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