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Wild Yam

Dioscorea villosa

Photo by ForestDragon
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Field Notes

Description:

Native plant, large, slender vine with heart shaped leaves. Small greenish flowers. Female flowers produce interestingly shaped seed pods.

Habitat:

Temperate forest. Rockwood Park, Virginia.

Notes:

http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/savanna/plants/wild_yam.html

Reference Links:

Dioscorea villosa, Plants Profile for Dioscorea villosa (wild yam)

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PublishedOctober 8, 2015

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