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Vincetoxicum rossicum (swallowwort)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Cynanchum rossicum is a flowering plant of the milkweed family. It is a perennial herb native to southern Europe and is a highly invasive plant growing in all of the Eastern United States, in the mid west, and southern Ontario, Quebec, and British Columbia. It has several common names including swallowwort, pale swallowwort, and dog-strangling vine.
View Wikipedia Record: Vincetoxicum rossicum

Invasive Species

View ISSG Record: Vincetoxicum rossicum

Attributes

Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Structure [1]  Vine

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Bruce Peninsula National Park II   Ontario, Canada
Khopersky Zapovednik Ia 47103 Russia  
Niagara Escarpment Biosphere Reserve 470167 Ontario, Canada  
Ukrainskii Stepnoi Zapovednik Nature Zapovednik Ia 2920 Ukraine  

Predators

Amauris niavius (Friar butterfly)[2]
Amauris ochlea (Novice)[2]

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 2HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0