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BOTANICAL AND ECOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS

SPECIES: Mitchella repens | Partridgeberry
GENERAL BOTANICAL CHARACTERISTICS : Partridgeberry is a creeping, rhizomatous, evergreen, woody vine up to 1.5 feet (50 cm) tall. It roots at the nodes and often forms loose mats. The flowers are borne in axillary, single stalks at the tip of the branchlets. The fruit is a drupe containing eight seeds [11,19,22,24]. RAUNKIAER LIFE FORM : Hemicryptophyte REGENERATION PROCESSES : Although partridgeberry is a seed producer, information regarding its propagation by seed is scant. The primary mode of reproduction is vegetative [3]. SITE CHARACTERISTICS : Partridgeberry grows on a variety of sites but generally prefers mildly acidic, well-drained mesic soils [1,17] It grows on leached banks, shaded sandstone ledges, and mossy hammocks and bogs [4,10,11]. In addition to those identified under Distribution and Occurrence, common associates of partridgeberry include red mulberry (Morus rubra), strawberry-bush (Euonymus americanus), Carolina silverberry (Halesia carolina), southern black-haw (Viburnum prunifolium), devil's walkingstick (Aralia spinosa), Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia), Canada mayflower (Maianthemum canadense), yaupon (Ilex vomitoria), huckleberry (Gaylussacia spp.), blueberry (Vaccinium spp.), hickory (Carya spp.), grape (Vitis spp.), wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens), and fetterbush (Lyonia ferruginea) [3,4,16,26]. A complete list of trees associated with partridgeberry would include a majority of trees growing in the eastern United States. SUCCESSIONAL STATUS : Facultative Seral Species Partridgeberry is a shade tolerant, mid- to late-seral species. It is a component of climax forests in the eastern United States [3,16,26]. SEASONAL DEVELOPMENT : Partridgeberry flowers between April and June, and often again in autumn. The fruit ripens between July and October, and often persists throughout the year [3,10,28].

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