Mikania scandens (L.) Willd.

• Region

  North America

• Country

  United States of America

• State/Province

  Texas

• County/Municipio

  Smith Co.

• Locality

  SE part of Sheff's Woods Preserve, roughly 3.1 airmiles NNE of center of jct. I-20 and St. Rt. 14 N of Tyler. Tyler North Quadrangle

• Elevation

  Alt. 131 - 134 m. (430 - 440 ft.)

• Coordinates

  32.4908, -95.2568

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

FLORA OF TEXAS
The Nature Conservancy of Texas
Mikania scandens (L.) Willd.
SMITH CO.: stems scrambling atop herbaceous vegetation;
disk florets sordid white; locally common in mostly
herbaceous wetland vegetation in beaver swamp on soils
originally mapped as poorly drained strongly acid loamy
Entisols, SE part of Sheffs Woods Preserve, roughly 3.1
airmiles NNE of center of jet. 1-20 and St. Rt. 14 N of Tyler,
at N32°29’26.8”, W095°15’24.4”. Tyler North Quadrangle.
Elev. 430-440 ft.
Associates included Alnus serrulata, Betula nigra, Bidens cemuus, Carex
sp. (29810), Chasmanthium laxum, Cyperus sp. (29816), Erechtites
hieracifolia, Eupatorium capillifolium, E. serotinum, Juncus coriaceus, J.
diffusissimus, J. effusus, J. validus, Leersia oryzoides, L. virginica,
Liquidambar styraciflua, Lonicera japónica, Onoclea sensibilis,
Polygonum sagittatum, Quercus nigra, Rhynchospora sp. (29818),
Sacciolepis striata, Salix nigra, Scirpus sp. (29814), Smilax rotundifolia,
Sparganium americanum, Typha domingensis, Viburnum nudum,
Woodwardia virginica.
W. R. Carr
#29812
11 July 2011
03097654