Chinese wisteria

Plants: Vines
Magnoliopsida > Fabales > Fabaceae (Leguminosae) > Wisteria sinensis (Sims) DC.
Chinese wisteria is a deciduous woody vine capable of growing to a height of 40 ft. (12.2 m). Stems can be up to 10 in. (25.4 cm) in diameter with smooth, gray-brown bark. Alternate, pinnately compound (7-13 leaflets) leaves are tapered at the tip with wavy edges. Leaflets are approximately 3 in. (7.6 cm) in length. Lavender, purple or white flowers are fragrant, very showy and abundant and occur in long, dangling clusters in the spring. Seeds are contained in flattened, hairy, 6 in. (15.2 cm) long, bean-like pods. Invasions often occur around previous plantings. Chinese wisteria can displace native vegetation and kill trees and shrubs by girdling them. The vine has the ability to change the structure of a forest by killing trees and altering the light availability to the forest floor. A native of China, it was first introduced into the United States in 1816 for ornamental purposes.

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1119510 Bark Chris Evans
1119511 Bark Chris Evans
1380448 Bark Chris Evans
1380449 Bark Chris Evans
1380450 Bark Chris Evans
1380451 Bark Chris Evans
2188069 Damage Vines girdling pine Chris Evans
2188065 Feature(s) Stems Chris Evans
2188066 Feature(s) Stems wrapping around a pine tree Chris Evans
2188068 Feature(s) Vines wrapping around a pine tree Chris Evans
2188067 Flower(s) Chris Evans
2307177 Flower(s) March Ted Bodner
2307178 Flower(s) April James H. Miller
5007071 Flower(s)

Chinese Wisteria in Loblobby Pines

Randy Westbrooks
1380454 Flower(s) Wendy VanDyk Evans
1380455 Flower(s) Wendy VanDyk Evans
2131094 Flower(s) Mark Atwater
2188058 Flower(s) Chris Evans
1120457 Flower(s) April. Photo from Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses by J.H. Miller and K.V. Miller, published by The University of Georgia Press in cooperation with the Southern Weed Science Society. Ted Bodner
2188063 Flower(s) Chris Evans
1119512 Flower(s) Chris Evans
0001077 Flower(s) James R. Allison
1119501 Flower(s) Chris Evans
1119505 Flower(s) Chris Evans
1119509 Flower(s) Chris Evans
0016139 Flower(s) in April Ted Bodner
1119471 Flower(s) Chris Evans
1119478 Flower(s) Chris Evans
1119479 Flower(s) Chris Evans
1119483 Flower(s) Chris Evans
1119484 Flower(s) Chris Evans
1119487 Flower(s) Chris Evans
1119488 Flower(s) Being visited by a bee Chris Evans
1119489 Flower(s) Being visited by a bee Chris Evans
1119490 Flower(s) Chris Evans
1119492 Flower(s) With a leaf-footed bug Chris Evans
1119493 Flower(s) With a leaf-footed bug Chris Evans
1119494 Flower(s) Chris Evans
1119495 Flower(s) Chris Evans
1119496 Flower(s) Chris Evans
5391519 Flower(s) Joseph LaForest
5391520 Flower(s)

young flowers emerging

Joseph LaForest
5391522 Flower(s)

young emerging flowers

Joseph LaForest
5391523 Flower(s)

one of the florets

Joseph LaForest
5391524 Flower(s)

one of the florets

Joseph LaForest
5391525 Flower(s)

Flower bud prior to expansion

Joseph LaForest
5391526 Flower(s)

expanding flower

Joseph LaForest
5391527 Flower(s)

expanding flower

Joseph LaForest
5391528 Flower(s)

flower bud

Joseph LaForest
5395873 Flower(s) Robert Vidéki
5395874 Flower(s)

foliage

Robert Vidéki
5395875 Flower(s) Robert Vidéki
5395876 Flower(s) Robert Vidéki
5395877 Flower(s) Robert Vidéki
5395878 Flower(s) Robert Vidéki
5395879 Flower(s) Robert Vidéki
5398528 Flower(s) Robert Vidéki
5391530 Flower(s) Joseph LaForest
0016136 Foliage leaf and old vine showing bark in May Ted Bodner
1120456 Foliage May. Photo from Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses by J.H. Miller and K.V. Miller, published by The University of Georgia Press in cooperation with the Southern Weed Science Society. Ted Bodner
2307174 Foliage May James H. Miller
2307175 Fruit(s)

September

Ted Bodner
5391532 Fruit(s) Joseph LaForest
5391529 Fruit(s)

seed pod

Joseph LaForest
5391517 Infestation

growing on bamboo

Joseph LaForest
5391518 Infestation

growing on bamboo

Joseph LaForest
2188070 Infestation Chris Evans
5302053 Infestation Chuck Bargeron
3694007 Infestation Walton County, Georgia James R. Allison
2188064 Infestation Chris Evans
2188059 Infestation Chris Evans
2188060 Infestation Chris Evans
2188061 Infestation Chris Evans
2188062 Infestation Chris Evans
2132009 Infestation Chris Evans
2132045 Infestation David J. Moorhead
2188057 Infestation Chris Evans
1380456 Infestation Wendy VanDyk Evans
1380457 Infestation Wendy VanDyk Evans
1380458 Infestation Wendy VanDyk Evans
1624078 Infestation

An ornamental vine from Asia, has become a serious problem in natural areas in parts of the United States.

James Preacher
1119504 Infestation Chris Evans
0001074 Infestation James R. Allison
1119506 Infestation Chris Evans
1119513 Infestation Chris Evans
1119515 Infestation Chris Evans
1119516 Infestation Chris Evans
1119517 Infestation Chris Evans
1380452 Infestation Large vines climbing up tree Chris Evans
1119498 Infestation Chris Evans
1119499 Infestation Chris Evans
1119474 Infestation Chris Evans
1119475 Infestation Chris Evans
1119476 Infestation Chris Evans
1119477 Infestation Chris Evans
0016198 Infestation invading pine stand James H. Miller
0016225 Infestation James H. Miller
1119470 Infestation Chris Evans
3694006 trailing over granite entrap Lee County Alabama James R. Allison
5007068 Plant(s) Chinese Wisteria growing along the Wild and Scenic Lumber River in Columbus County, NC, south of Princess Ann Landing (Lumber River State Park). Randy Westbrooks
5344060 Plant(s) Nancy Fraley
2307176 Plant(s) May James H. Miller
1380453 Plant(s) Large vine climbing up a tree Chris Evans
5351097 Plant(s)

Has strangled tree in center of photo.

Randy Westbrooks
5398529 Plant(s)

flower

Robert Vidéki
5398530 Plant(s)

flower

Robert Vidéki
5403161 Plant(s)

infestation

Karan A. Rawlins
5403163 Plant(s)

Large vine growing on trunk of tree

Karan A. Rawlins
5403164 Plant(s) Karan A. Rawlins
0016137 Seed(s) Immature seed pods on the vine and mature seed pods and seeds below in May Ted Bodner
5345007 Seed(s) David J. Moorhead
5345069 Seed(s)

seed pods

David J. Moorhead
5309034 Seed(s) Steve Hurst
1120458 Seed(s) September. Photo from Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses by J.H. Miller and K.V. Miller, published by The University of Georgia Press in cooperation with the Southern Weed Science Society. Ted Bodner
5391531 Stem(s)

Twining aroung golden bamboo

Joseph LaForest


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