Plant Species of the Bright Angel Trail:
Virginia creeper, Parthenocissus vitacea
Virginia creeper, Parthenocissus vitacea
This species may have been planted at the Kolb Studio, since the only location cited in the 1987 Grand Canyon Flora is Havasu Canyon at 3200 feet elevation.
See Plant Guide to Bright Angel Trail for an introduction to this page, especially the Introduction To These Species Pages.
This page is just a shell to hold my photographs and reference information for now, so that readers can see the photographs and this taxon. The identification status, voucher info, and discussion of the species will be added in the future.
Characteristics
Identification status: .
From a SEINet search on 29 September 2007, there are vouchers of this species from the Coconino County portion of the Grand Canyon. The nearest are at: ; and . Note that there may be additional vouchers at other herbaria not available through SEINet.
First occurrence on Bright Angel Trail: mile 0.05, elevation 6818 feet (2078 m).
Number of plants along Trail: just one plant was found in a single location in September 2007, at the Kolb Studio.
Pictures
From 5 September 2007, mile 0.05:
The Virginia creeper is behind the display board and the catnip, Nepeta cataria at its base:
From 14 September 2006, mile 0.05:
References
See Resources for Grand Canyon Flora for further information on most of these references. Entries in the second column are either the name used in that source or a page reference. The name is linked to online pages when available. If a given reference does not contain this taxon, the entry is either left blank or contains a hyphen.
| Family | Vitaceae |
|---|---|
| Scientific Name | Parthenocissus vitacea |
| 1987 Grand Canyon Flora Name | Parthenocissus vitacea |
| 1987 Grand Canyon Flora page | 60 |
| SEINet Image Page | Parthenocissus vitacea |
| USDA Plants | Parthenocissus vitacea |
| Flora of North America | |
| Jepson Manual for California treatment | Parthenocissus vitacea |
| Jepson Manual illustration page | - |
| Kearney and Peebles Name | Parthenocissus inserta |
| Kearney and Peebles Page # | 535 |
| Vascular Plants of AZ name | |
| Vascular Plants of AZ volume: page | |
| Huisinga et al 2006 name | Parthenocissus vitacea |
| Huisinga et al 2006 page numbers | 128-129 |
| Epple Name | Parthenocissus inserta |
| Epple description page # | 148 |
| Epple pix # | 849 |
| McDougall 1964 name | Parthenocissus inserta |
| McDougall 1964 page # | 150 |
| Brian 2000 Name | |
| Phillips 1979 name | - |
| Phillips 1979 page # | - |
| Stockert 1967 name | - |
| Stockert 1967 page # | - |