![]() The UF/IFAS Assessment of Non-Native Species in Florida’s Natural Areas also indicates that cat’s-claw vine poses a high invasion risk in all regions of the state. The Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council lists cat’s-claw vine as a Category I invasive, which means it is expanding in range, displacing native plant species and altering natural ecological processes. Spreading rampantly as both a groundcover and a climber, it is very effective at smothering and shading out native vegetation. The Atlas of Florida Plants shows that cat’s-claw vine is growing in natural areas in about a third of Florida’s counties. Widely distributed as a garden ornamental, it subsequently escaped from cultivation and is now growing wild in the southeastern U.S., southern and eastern Africa, southern Europe, tropical Asia, Australia and a number of Pacific islands, including Hawaii. Even when it isn’t flowering, this plant is easy to recognize by its vining habit, claw-like tendrils and woody tubers. 1: Cat’s-claw vine comes from the American tropics.Ĭat’s-claw vine, Dolichandra unguis-cati, also known as cat’s claw creeper or yellow trumpet vine, is native to Mexico, Central and South America and much of the Caribbean. Look for its showy yellow flowers in treetops or littering the ground as you walk through neighborhoods and woodlands or along roadsides. ![]() Cat’s-claw vine is a common non-native weed in Florida that usually blooms from March through June.
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