Landscape Uses:
	Primarily recommended for natural landscapes and habitat restorations. Also butterfly gardens in wet brackish areas along the coast.
Ecological Restoration Notes:
	Most common in tidal marshes, where its occurrence is somewhat sporadic.
Availability:
	Grown by enthusiasts.
Description:
	Scrambling or twining vine with narrow leaves.
Height:
	N/A; vine with stems to 10 feet or more in length.
Growth Rate:
	Moderate to fast.
Range:
	Southeastern United States west to Texas and south to the Monroe County Keys; West Indies, Mexico and Central America.
Habitats:
	Tidal marshes, coastal thickets and marl prairies.
Soils:
	Wet to moist, poorly-drained to periodically inundated brackish or freshwater soils.
Nutritional Requirements:
	Moderate; can grow in nutrient poor soils, but needs some organic content to thrive.
Salt Water Tolerance:
	Moderate; tolerates brackish water or occasional inundation by salt water.
Salt Wind Tolerance:
	Moderate; grows near salt water, but is protected from direct salt spray by other vegetation.
Drought Tolerance:
	Low; requires moist to wet soils and is intolerant of long periods of drought.
Light Requirements:
	Full sun.
Flower Color:
	Greenish-white.
Flower Characteristics:
	Inconspicuous.
Flowering Season:
	Spring-fall.
Fruit:
	Slender pod with wind dispersed seeds.
Wildlife and Ecology:
	Rarely a larval host plant for queen (Danaus gilippus) butterflies; a possible larval host for soldier (Danaus eresimus) butterflies. Nectar plant for butterflies and other insects.
Horticultural Notes:
	Can be grown from seed or cuttings.
Comments:
	The sap is white.