Hydrangea barbara (L.) Bernd Schulz

Climbing Hydrangea; Woodvamp

Vine

Perennial

Vascular

The only naturally occuring vine of Hydrangea in Alabama.

This species has long been recognized as the only species of North America in the genus Decumaria. De Smet et al (2015) produced a molecular phylogeny demonstrating that Decumaria was nested within Hydrangrea necessitating the recognition of the species as a Hydrangea taxon.

Native

De Smet, Y., et al. 2015. Molecular phylogenetics and new (infra)generic classification to alleviate polyphyly in tribe Hydrangeeae (Cornales: Hydrangeaceae). Taxon 64(4) 741-753.