Peppervine

Description:

Slender woody climbing vine with or without tendrils. Leaves alternate, twice pinnately compound. It has inconspicuous greenish white flowers opposite the leaves from June through August, and the berries appear from September into late fall. As a cluster of berries mature, their coloration gradually changes from green to white to red to shiny blue-black. Berries on a given cluster mature at different rates; thus, clusters will typically consist of differently colored berries.

Habitat:

Bittern Marsh trail in Lewisville Lake Environmental Learning Area.

Notes:

Leaves and tips make excellent dyes