Common Moonseed
Menispermum canadense
A vigorous twining woodland vine with broad, shallowly lobed leaves whose stalks attach inside the leaf margin rather than at the edge. Insignificant greenish flowers give way to drooping clusters of blue-black fruit that closely resemble wild grapes and are dangerously poisonous — the seed is a flattened crescent, not round like a grape's. Fast enough to swamp small shrubs, so give it a fence or an arbor.
- Family
- Menispermaceae
- Type
- vine
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 8–20 ft
- Spacing
- 3–6 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade, shade
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- alkaline, neutral
- Bloom
- March, April, May, June, July, August
- Bloom colors
- white, green, brown
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, pollinators
- Landscape uses
- groundcover, naturalizing
- Native states
- AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV