Echinocystis lobata (Michx.) Torr. & A.Gray

Wild Cucumber

Synonyms: Micrampelis lobata, Sicyos lobata

CLASSIFICATION

Main Group: Plant

Sublevel 1: Angiosperm

Sublevel 2: Eudicot

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Family: Cucurbitaceae

Genus: Echinocystis

Species: Echinocystis lobata

STATUS IN NEW ENGLAND

Origin: Native

Invasive, Pest, or Pathogen?: No

Rarity Designations: None

BIOLOGY/ECOLOGY

Feeding Type: Photoautotroph

Type of Spores/Gametophytes: Two types of spores, unisexual gametophytes

HABITAT

Wetland Indicator Status: FACW

PHOTOS OF Echinocystis lobata