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Mikania scandens
CLIMBING HEMPWEED
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:	Unknown

Scientific Name with Authority:		Mikania scandens (L.) Willd.
Park Preferred Common Name(s):		CLIMBING HEMPWEED
Park Synonyms:

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Plantae, Phylum Tracheophyta, Subphylum Spermatophytina, Order Asterales, Family Asteraceae, Genus Mikania, Species Mikania scandens


Management Tags:
Management Priority


Threatened/Endangered Status:
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		G5
NatureServe State Rank:		DC: SNR; MD: SNR; VA: SNR
Evidence:		0 Observations, 0 Vouchers, 1 Data Store References, 0 External Links


Other Parks Where Species is Listed:
American Memorial Park	Antietam National Battlefield
Appomattox Court House National Historical Park	Arkansas Post National Memorial
Assateague Island National Seashore	Big Cypress National Preserve
Big Thicket National Preserve	Biscayne National Park
Canaveral National Seashore	Cape Cod National Seashore
Cape Hatteras National Seashore	Cape Lookout National Seashore
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area	Colonial National Historical Park
Congaree National Park	Cowpens National Battlefield
Cumberland Island National Seashore	Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
DeSoto National Memorial	Everglades National Park
Fire Island National Seashore	Fort Caroline National Memorial
Fort Frederica National Monument	Fort Matanzas National Monument
Fort Pulaski National Monument	Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park
Gateway National Recreation Area	George Washington Birthplace National Monument
George Washington Memorial Parkway	Great Falls Park
Guilford Courthouse National Military Park	Gulf Islands National Seashore
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park	Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site
Horseshoe Bend National Military Park	Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve
Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens	Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
Little River Canyon National Preserve	Manassas National Battlefield Park
Martin Van Buren National Historic Site	Moores Creek National Battlefield
Natchez Trace Parkway	Ninety Six National Historic Site
Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park	Oxon Cove Park and Oxon Hill Run
Piscataway Park	Prince William Forest Park
Richmond National Battlefield Park	San Antonio Missions National Historical Park
Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site	Shiloh National Military Park
Suitland Parkway	Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial
Thomas Stone National Historic Site	Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve
Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site	Vicksburg National Military Park
Weir Farm National Historical Park


Last Modified Date:	7/11/2007

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 11/1/2025 2:28:51 PM

NatureServe Global Rank and State Rank

NatureServe. 2017. NatureServe Web Service. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. Available http://services.natureserve.org. Accessed: 12/4/2017. Updated quarterly.

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