Clematis virginiana L.
Family: Ranunculaceae
devil's-darning-needle, virgin's-bower
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Derek Anderson  
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Merel R. Black  
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University of Wisconsin - Madison (WIS-VP)  
Etymology: Clematis: in Greek means "long, lithe branches" and is an ancient name for some climbing plant
Plants: climbing, perennial, up to 9' tall, woody vine
Leaves: long stalked, 3-parted, leaflets 3/4"-4", usually with coarse teeth
Flowers: white to greenish, 4-parted, 3/8" wide, petal-like sepals; infloresense branched, stalked clusters from the leaf axils; blooms July-Aug.
Fruits: dry seeds in a dense, rounded, fluffy cluster
Habitat: moderate moisture; woods, forests, openings, streambanks
Hazardous: Careful, this plant is hazardous!
Conservation Status: Native
Clearings, meadows, thickets, fields, marshes, riverbanks, streambanks, alder thickets, ditches, rock outcrops, moist cliffs, talus slopes, mesic woods of maple-oak, conifer-hardwoods, oak-hickory; wet woods and swamps of tamarack, black ash, silver maple, cottonwood-elm, oak-Jack pine; brush swamps, shrub-carr, gravel bars and sandbars, clay bluffs, wet oak savannas, sedge meadows, wet prairies, along roadsides and railroad tracks, old quarries.

Our most common species of Clematis and widespread across the state.
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Merel R. Black  
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Stephen L. Solheim  
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Merel R. Black  
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Kenneth J. Sytsma  
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Derek Anderson  
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Derek Anderson  
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Stephen L. Solheim  
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Robert W. Freckmann  
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Robert W. Freckmann  
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Aaron Carlson  
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