Clematis vitalba

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Common name (English)

Old man's beard

Global distribution

Austria, Belgium, England, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Germany, Switzerland, Netherlands, Hungary, Romania, Ireland (I), Norway (I), Poland (I), Sweden (I), Portugal, Spain, Andorra, ?Baleares, France, Corsica, Sardinia, Malta, Sicily, Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia & Hercegovina, Montenegro, Serbia & Kosovo, Macedonia, Albania, Bulgaria, Greece (incl. Kiklades), Crimea, Algeria, ?Morocco, Northern Caucasus, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia [Caucasus], Estonia (I), Uzbekistan (I), Turkey (N-Anatolia, NE-Anatolia, NW-Anatolia: Bithynia, S-Anatolia, SSW-Anatolia, SW-Anatolia, W-Anatolia), Cyprus (C-Mountains, N-Cyprus), East Aegaean Isl., European Turkey, Iran (N-Iran), Lebanon (Antilebanon, C-Lebanon, coastal W-Lebanon), Syria (W-Syrian Mountains), USA (I) (California (I), Maryland (I), Maine (I), Oregon (I), Washington State (I)), Canada (I) (British Columbia (I), Ontario (I)), Australia (I) (South Australia (I), Victoria (I), Tasmania (I)), New Zealand (I), Chatham Isl. (I) 18558 0

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Establishment status

Established

Establishment status detail

Alien: Naturalized non-invasive.

In thickets and climbing on trees; an escape from cultivation; sea level to 5000'. No sites given for Division 3.

Adventive species in Cyprus, restricted to ravines and hedges (Tsintides et al. 2002).

First detection year

1937

Pathway

2 ESCAPE FROM CONFINEMENT - Ornamental other than horticulture – Orn

References

Meikle RD (1977) Flora of Cyprus, Vol 1.

Tsintides T, Hadjikyriakou GN, Christodoulou CS (2002) Trees and shrubs in Cyprus. Foundation Anastasios G. Leventis—Cyprus Forest Association, Nicosia, Cyprus.

Hadjikyriakou G (2004) Contribution to the study of the flora of Cyprus 1 [Συμβολή στη μελέτη της χλωρίδας της Κύπρου 1]. Dasoponos 20: 5-8.