Index / Search / Calycocarpum lyonii
§1 Plant
Calycocarpum lyonii (Pursh) A. Gray
vernacular cupseed — species · Menispermaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Vine
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Menispermaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Calycocarpum
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 209 counties across 14 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- Low
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- Low
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- Low
- CaCO₃
- Medium
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -3 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 185 min.
- Precipitation
- 35–55 in/yr
- pH range
- 5.8–7
- Root depth
- 12 in min.
- Fertility need
- High
- Soil texture
- medium
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Single Crown
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Lifespan
- Long
- Mature height
- 30 ft
- Foliage texture
- Medium
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Porous
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- White
- Fruit colour
- Black
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Late Spring
- Seed abundance
- Medium
- Seed begins
- Spring
- Seed ends
- Summer
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- Yes
- Propagation
- seed, bare root, container
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- No Known Source
- Nursery stock
- No
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 209 counties across 14 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Arkansas 05001
- Ashley 05003
- Benton 05007
- Bradley 05011
- Clark 05019
- Cleburne 05023
- Conway 05029
- Crawford 05033
- Faulkner 05045
- Garland 05051
- Independence 05063
- Lawrence 05075
- Lee 05077
- Madison 05087
- Marion 05089
- Montgomery 05097
- Newton 05101
- Phillips 05107
- Pike 05109
- Poinsett 05111
- Pope 05115
- Pulaski 05119
- Randolph 05121
- Saline 05125
- Scott 05127
- Sharp 05135
- Stone 05137
- Van Buren 05141
- Washington 05143
- White 05145
Florida view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 22 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 52 N ▾
- Barry 29009
- Barton 29011
- Bates 29013
- Benton 29015
- Bollinger 29017
- Butler 29023
- Cape Girardeau 29031
- Carter 29035
- Cass 29037
- Cedar 29039
- Christian 29043
- Cole 29051
- Crawford 29055
- Dade 29057
- Dent 29065
- Douglas 29067
- Dunklin 29069
- Franklin 29071
- Howell 29091
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Laclede 29105
- Madison 29123
- Maries 29125
- Marion 29127
- McDonald 29119
- Miller 29131
- Mississippi 29133
- Newton 29145
- Oregon 29149
- Osage 29151
- Ozark 29153
- Pemiscot 29155
- Phelps 29161
- Pulaski 29169
- Randolph 29175
- Reynolds 29179
- Ripley 29181
- Scott 29201
- Shannon 29203
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Louis 29189
- Ste. Genevieve 29186
- Stoddard 29207
- Stone 29209
- Taney 29213
- Texas 29215
- Vernon 29217
- Washington 29221
- Wayne 29223
- Wright 29229
Oklahoma view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Cheatham 47021
- Clay 47027
- Crockett 47033
- Davidson 47037
- DeKalb 47041
- Dickson 47043
- Grundy 47061
- Hamilton 47065
- Henderson 47077
- Hickman 47081
- Houston 47083
- Humphreys 47085
- Jackson 47087
- Lauderdale 47097
- Lawrence 47099
- Marion 47115
- Montgomery 47125
- Obion 47131
- Pickett 47137
- Putnam 47141
- Rutherford 47149
- Shelby 47157
- Smith 47159
- Stewart 47161
- Tipton 47167
- Wayne 47181
- White 47185
- Williamson 47187
Texas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CALY2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3033931 ↗Record version
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