Japanese Hops
Humulus scandens
Plantae
UNCOMMON
Stats
- Lifespan
- Annual
- Size
- Large
- Diet
- Photosynthetic
- Biome
- Freshwater wetland
- Range
- East Asia
- Movement
- Sessile
- Breeding
- Seeds
- Defense
- Spines
- Status
- Uncommon
About
This climbing vine thrives in the damp thickets of East Asia and North America. Its stems are covered in tiny, hooked prickles that allow it to latch onto other plants.
Life cycle
- 1.seedA dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
- 2.sproutA first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
- 3.saplingA young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
- 4.matureFully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.
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Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Rosales
- Family
- Cannabaceae
- Genus
- Humulus
- Species
- Humulus scandens