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Berchemia scandens
Also called Rattan vine, Supplejack
Alabama supplejack is a woody, twining climbing shrub from the southeastern United States, native to moist to dry woodlands, swamps and streambanks. It is grown mainly for its flexible stems and is not a common garden plant, so care notes come mostly from general horticultural knowledge.
Berchemia scandens, commonly called supplejack, Alabama supplejack, Carolina supplejack, and American rattan, is a woody vine in the buckthorn family native to the southeastern United States. It is found in a wide variety of habitats, including swamps, bottomlands, streambanks, moist to dry upland forests, woodlands, glades, and prairies over calcareous rock or sediment.
It is a woody vine, with older stems reaching 18 cm (7.1 in) in diameter. The strong stems of the plant are often used for wickerwork.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Berchemia scandens by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
