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The vine growth form may also enable plants to colonize large areas quickly, even without climbing high. This is the case with periwinkle and ground ivy . It is also an adaptation to life in areas where small patches of fertile soil are adjacent to exposed areas with more sunlight but little or no soil.
The interesting shape and color of the leaves and the lush, trainable vines make this species an attractive garden plant. This vine is commonly used in native plant gardens, where once established it thrives without summer water. The cultivar ' Roger's Red ' (named for noted horticulturist Roger Raiche) turns brilliant red in fall. [11]
Plants of the World Online states 81 species are accepted, but lists 84. [5] More than 65 species in Asia are poorly defined. [ 13 ] Approximately 25 species are known in North America , and these were studied extensively in the late 1800s by German-American botanist George Englemann . [ 14 ]
Cassytha filiformis is a twining vine with yellow or orange to pale green hollow stems with a length between 3–8 metres long. The stems attach to host plants by growing shoots from the base of its root, they have haustoria that fold inside the hosts' phloem and xylem membranes to absorb water and nutrients for a long time until they dry up and die.
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Here, some old, thicker vining branches have been woven together using some thinner vines, then allowed to dry. This makes a great light trellis for small vines like sweet pea. Johner Images ...
A cultivated Common Grape Vine, Vitis vinifera subsp. vinifera. Use of grapes is known to date back to Neolithic times, following the discovery in 1996 of 7,000-year-old wine storage jars in present-day northern Iran. [26] Further evidence shows the Mesopotamians and Ancient Egyptians had vine plantations and winemaking skills.
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