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Cissus nodosa
(Vitaceae)
Javanese treebine, grape ivy

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Species description or overview

Cissus nodosa information from PIER
Information on Cissus nodosa as relevant to Pacific Islands is provided by the Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk project (PIER).

Taxonomy & nomenclature

GRIN nomenclature info for Cissus nodosa
Nomenclatural information about Cissus nodosa is provided by USDA/ARS/NGRP/GRIN.

ITIS nomenclature info for Cissus nodosa
Nomenclatural information about Cissus nodosa is provided by ITIS.

Cissus nodosa information from the Smithsonian's Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Cissus nodosa--including nomenclature and synonymy, and status and distribution in Hawaii--is provided by the "Flora of the Hawaiian Islands" website of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Links from this page include descriptive information about the species, as well as worldwide distributional information and general information about the genus.

Pest alerts

Grape ivy "Weed of the Week" pest alert View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format
Grape ivy is the featured "Weed of the Week" on the radio program sponsored by Kauai Community Radio and the Kauai Invasive Species Committee (KISC). This pest alert is available on KISC's "Weed of the Week" site.

Grape ivy pest alert View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format
Grape ivy (Cissus nodusa) is a featured weed in the Kauai Invasive Species Committee (KISC) "Where's That Weed" early detection program.

Impacts

Grape ivy (Cissus nodosa) Weed of the Week radio program transcript View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format
Grape ivy is the featured "Weed of the Week" on the radio program sponsored by Kauai Community Radio and the Kauai Invasive Species Committee (KISC). This transcript describes the impacts of this species on Kauai.

Cissus nodosa (Vitaceae): species information from GCW
Information on Cissus nodosa as relevant to Pacific Islands is provided by the Global Compendium of Weeds (GCW).

Risk assessments

Cissus nodosa weed risk assessment for Hawaii-Pacific
Results of a weed risk assessment for Cissus nodosa for the Hawaii-Pacific region are presented by the Hawaii-Pacific Weed Risk Assessment team.

Images

Cissus nodosa information from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Cissus nodosa in Hawaii is available from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands.

Cissus nodosa images from PIER
Images of Cissus nodosa provided by the Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk project (PIER).

Photos of grape ivy
Images with notes on locations are from the Plants of Hawaii site.

Distribution

Cissus nodosa information from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Cissus nodosa in Hawaii is available from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands.

Cissus nodosa information from the Smithsonian's Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Cissus nodosa--including nomenclature and synonymy, and status and distribution in Hawaii--is provided by the "Flora of the Hawaiian Islands" website of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Links from this page include descriptive information about the species, as well as worldwide distributional information and general information about the genus.

Cited as invasive

Hawaii State DLNR/DOFAW cites Cissus nodosa (Vitaceae) as a weedy species used in horticulture
Grape ivy (Cissus nodosa) is on Hawaii's Most Invasive Horticultural Plants list from the Hawaii State Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Forestry and Wildlife.

Full-text articles

Alien plant invasions in native ecosystems of Hawaii: Management and research
Stone, Charles P., Clifford W. Smith, and J. Timothy Tunison (eds.) . 1992. Alien plant invasions in native ecosystems of Hawaii: Management and research. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Cooperative National Park Resources Studies Unit. ISBN: 0-8248-1474-6.

Radio shows

Grape ivy (Cissus nodosa) Weed of the Week radio program transcript View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format
Grape ivy is the featured "Weed of the Week" on the radio program sponsored by Kauai Community Radio and the Kauai Invasive Species Committee (KISC). This transcript describes the impacts of this species on Kauai.

Other resources

Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 1997 (part 2: Notes) View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format
Bishop Museum searchable database of arthropods found in Hawaii. Can also be browsed. Results will link to status and distribution of each species.

Survey of invasive or potentially invasive cultivated plants in Hawaii (Bishop Museum, 2000) View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format
Plants that do (or could) escape from garden cultivation to become weedy pests are the focus of this paper which supplements the reference manual, A Tropical Garden Flora, by Staples and Herbst.

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