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§1 Plant
Clematis ligusticifolia Nutt.
vernacular western white clematis — species · Ranunculaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Vine
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Ranunculaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Clematis
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 289 counties across 15 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Medium
- Shade
- Medium
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- Medium
- Salinity
- Low
- Anaerobic
- None
- CaCO₃
- Low
- Hedging
- Medium
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -38 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 120 min.
- Precipitation
- 12–20 in/yr
- pH range
- 5.6–8.4
- Root depth
- 16 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Multiple Stem
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Long
- Mature height
- 1 ft
- Foliage texture
- Medium
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Moderate
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- White
- Fruit colour
- White
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Mid Summer
- Seed abundance
- Low
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- No
- Seeds / lb
- 314,000
- Propagation
- seed, cuttings, bare root, container
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- Yes
- Browse palatability
- Low
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- No
- Protein potential
- Low
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 289 counties across 15 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 10 N ▾
California view state ↗ 39 N ▾
- Alameda 06001
- Amador 06005
- Butte 06007
- Calaveras 06009
- Contra Costa 06013
- Fresno 06019
- Humboldt 06023
- Inyo 06027
- Kern 06029
- Lake 06033
- Los Angeles 06037
- Marin 06041
- Mariposa 06043
- Mendocino 06045
- Modoc 06049
- Mono 06051
- Monterey 06053
- Napa 06055
- Orange 06059
- Plumas 06063
- Riverside 06065
- Sacramento 06067
- San Benito 06069
- San Bernardino 06071
- San Diego 06073
- San Joaquin 06077
- San Luis Obispo 06079
- Santa Barbara 06083
- Santa Clara 06085
- Santa Cruz 06087
- Shasta 06089
- Siskiyou 06093
- Solano 06095
- Sonoma 06097
- Trinity 06105
- Tulare 06107
- Tuolumne 06109
- Ventura 06111
- Yolo 06113
Colorado view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Alamosa 08003
- Arapahoe 08005
- Archuleta 08007
- Boulder 08013
- Clear Creek 08019
- Conejos 08021
- Costilla 08023
- Custer 08027
- Denver 08031
- Douglas 08035
- Eagle 08037
- El Paso 08041
- Fremont 08043
- Garfield 08045
- Huerfano 08055
- Jefferson 08059
- La Plata 08067
- Larimer 08069
- Las Animas 08071
- Mesa 08077
- Mineral 08079
- Moffat 08081
- Montezuma 08083
- Montrose 08085
- Ouray 08091
- Pitkin 08097
- Rio Blanco 08103
- Saguache 08109
- San Juan 08111
- Teller 08119
- Weld 08123
Idaho view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Ada 16001
- Adams 16003
- Bannock 16005
- Bear Lake 16007
- Blaine 16013
- Boise 16015
- Bonner 16017
- Bonneville 16019
- Boundary 16021
- Canyon 16027
- Cassia 16031
- Clearwater 16035
- Elmore 16039
- Gem 16045
- Gooding 16047
- Idaho 16049
- Jefferson 16051
- Kootenai 16055
- Lincoln 16063
- Madison 16065
- Nez Perce 16069
- Owyhee 16073
- Payette 16075
- Twin Falls 16083
- Valley 16085
- Washington 16087
Montana view state ↗ 32 N ▾
- Big Horn 30003
- Blaine 30005
- Carbon 30009
- Cascade 30013
- Chouteau 30015
- Dawson 30021
- Fergus 30027
- Flathead 30029
- Gallatin 30031
- Golden Valley 30037
- Granite 30039
- Judith Basin 30045
- Lake 30047
- Lewis and Clark 30049
- Lincoln 30053
- Madison 30057
- Mineral 30061
- Missoula 30063
- Park 30067
- Petroleum 30069
- Phillips 30071
- Prairie 30079
- Ravalli 30081
- Richland 30083
- Roosevelt 30085
- Rosebud 30087
- Stillwater 30095
- Teton 30099
- Treasure 30103
- Valley 30105
- Wibaux 30109
- Yellowstone 30111
Nebraska view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Nevada view state ↗ 11 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 19 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Baker 41001
- Benton 41003
- Clackamas 41005
- Columbia 41009
- Crook 41013
- Curry 41015
- Deschutes 41017
- Douglas 41019
- Gilliam 41021
- Grant 41023
- Harney 41025
- Jackson 41029
- Jefferson 41031
- Josephine 41033
- Lane 41039
- Linn 41043
- Malheur 41045
- Marion 41047
- Morrow 41049
- Multnomah 41051
- Polk 41053
- Sherman 41055
- Umatilla 41059
- Union 41061
- Wallowa 41063
- Wasco 41065
- Washington 41067
- Wheeler 41069
- Yamhill 41071
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 1 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Utah view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Beaver 49001
- Box Elder 49003
- Cache 49005
- Carbon 49007
- Daggett 49009
- Duchesne 49013
- Emery 49015
- Garfield 49017
- Grand 49019
- Iron 49021
- Juab 49023
- Kane 49025
- Millard 49027
- Piute 49031
- Rich 49033
- San Juan 49037
- Sanpete 49039
- Sevier 49041
- Tooele 49045
- Uintah 49047
- Utah 49049
- Washington 49053
- Wayne 49055
- Weber 49057
Washington view state ↗ 20 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CLLI2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/7446467 ↗Record version
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