Stem: nonwoody vine

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Photo of butterfly pea plant with flowers

Butterfly Pea

Clitoria mariana

Photo of Chinese yam showing leaves and bulbils

Chinese Yam

Dioscorea oppositifolia (sometimes called D. batatas)

Invasive

Photo of cleavers flower cluster with developing fruits

Cleavers (Bedstraw; Goose Grass)

Galium aparine

Photo of climbing false buckwheat vines, leaves, and flowers.

Climbing False Buckwheat (Crested Buckwheat)

Fallopia scandens (formerly Polygonum scandens)

Photo of climbing milkweed flowers and leaves.

Climbing Milkweed

Matelea decipiens

Photo of common dayflower flower and buds.

Common Dayflower

Commelina communis

Edible

Photo of coontail aquatic plant with penny for scale

Coontail (Hornwort)

Ceratophyllum demersum

Photo of crown vetch, closeup of a flower cluster.

Crown Vetch

Securigera varia (formerly Coronilla varia)

Poisonous

Invasive

Rope dodder stems

Dodders

Cuscuta spp.

Photo of everlasting pea flower and leaves

Everlasting Pea

Lathyrus latifolius

Photo of hedge bindweed flowers

Hedge Bindweed

Calystegia sepium (also Convolvulus sepium)

Photo of Japanese knotweed

Japanese Knotweed

Fallopia japonica

Invasive

Photo of a huge mass of kudzu vines covering trees and ground

Kudzu

Pueraria montana

Edible

Invasive

Photo of whorled milkweed flowers.

Milkweeds

Subfamily Asclepiadoideae

Photo of southern naiad aquatic plant with a penny for scale

Naiads (Water Nymphs; Waterweeds)

Najas spp.

Photo of blooming passionflower

Passion Flower

Passiflora incarnata

Edible

Photo of American pondweed leaves floating on water surface

Pondweeds

Potamogeton spp.

Photo of sand vine, leaves with flower cluster.

Sand Vine (Climbing Milkweed)

Cynanchum laeve

Photo of sensitive brier flowers

Sensitive Briar

Mimosa quadrivalvis (also Schrankia nuttallii)

Photo of water primrose plant showing typical roots, leaves, stems, and a flower

Water Primrose

Ludwigia peploides

Photo of water smartweed plant and flower cluster

Water Smartweed

Persicaria amphibia (formerly Polygonum amphibium)

Photo of wild potato vine flowers and leaves

Wild Potato Vine

Ipomoea pandurata

Edible

Photo of yellow passionflower flowers.

Yellow Passion Flower

Passiflora lutea