Dioscorea villosa, Davidson, C 13030--North Carolina. Graham Co. Joyce Kilmer Mem. For. 17 May 2015. DSC06075 (55).JPG
Dioscorea villosa, Davidson, C 13030--North Carolina. Graham Co. Joyce Kilmer Mem. For. 17 May 2015. DSC06075 (63).JPG
Dioscorea villosa, Davidson, C 13030--North Carolina. Graham Co. Joyce Kilmer Mem. For. 17 May 2015. DSC06075 (58).JPG
Dioscorea villosa, Davidson, C 13030--North Carolina. Graham Co. Joyce Kilmer Mem. For. 17 May 2015. DSC06075 (68).JPG
Dioscorea villosa, Davidson, C 13030--North Carolina. Graham Co. Joyce Kilmer Mem. For. 17 May 2015. DSC06075 (57).JPG
Dioscorea villosa, Davidson, C 13030--North Carolina. Graham Co. Joyce Kilmer Mem. For. 17 May 2015. DSC06075 (69).JPG
Dioscorea villosa, Davidson, C 13030--North Carolina. Graham Co. Joyce Kilmer Mem. For. 17 May 2015. DSC06075 (60).JPG
Dioscorea villosa, Davidson, C 13030--North Carolina. Graham Co. Joyce Kilmer Mem. For. 17 May 2015. DSC06075 (67).JPG
Dioscorea villosa, Davidson, C 13030--North Carolina. Graham Co. Joyce Kilmer Mem. For. 17 May 2015. DSC06075 (64).JPG
Dioscorea villosa, Davidson, C 13030--North Carolina. Graham Co. Joyce Kilmer Mem. For. 17 May 2015. DSC06075 (61).JPG
Dioscorea villosa, Davidson, C 13030--North Carolina. Graham Co. Joyce Kilmer Mem. For. 17 May 2015. DSC06075 (70).JPG
Dioscorea villosa, Davidson, C 13030--North Carolina. Graham Co. Joyce Kilmer Mem. For. 17 May 2015. DSC06075 (59).JPG
Dioscorea villosa, Davidson, C 13030--North Carolina. Graham Co. Joyce Kilmer Mem. For. 17 May 2015. DSC06075 (62).JPG
Dioscorea villosa, Davidson, C 13030--North Carolina. Graham Co. Joyce Kilmer Mem. For. 17 May 2015. DSC06075 (65).JPG
Dioscorea villosa, Davidson, C 13030--North Carolina. Graham Co. Joyce Kilmer Mem. For. 17 May 2015. DSC06075 (66).JPG
Dioscorea villosa, Davidson, C 13030--North Carolina. Graham Co. Joyce Kilmer Mem. For. 17 May 2015. DSC06075 (53).JPG
Dioscorea villosa, Davidson, C 13030--North Carolina. Graham Co. Joyce Kilmer Mem. For. 17 May 2015. DSC06075 (56).JPG
Dioscorea villosa, Davidson, C 13030--North Carolina. Graham Co. Joyce Kilmer Mem. For. 17 May 2015. DSC06075 (54).JPG
Native to 35 botanical countries across Northern America; introduced into Cuba, Leeward Is. (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
United States, North Carolina, Graham (Robbinsville)
35.358611, -83.930278
Location Remarks
Nantahala National Forest; Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest along Little Santeetlah Creek. 659 m elev.
Collectors
Christopher Davidson, David E. Boufford, Sharon R. Christoph, Tomomi Masaki
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Dioscoreales
Family
Dioscoreaceae
Genus
Dioscorea
Specific Epithet
villosa
Authorship
L.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 6.6
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.6
Global rank
#79,131 of 335,497
Top 24%
Extinction probability
11%
