Swarbrick JT, 1997. Florida's garden of good and evil: Proceedings of the 1998 joint symposium of the Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council and the Florida Native Plant Society; 1998 June 3 … In 1977 it was recognized as an economic problem and is now found in all southern states though the USDA official maps don’t show that. Its dispersal agent is Confidence rating. Justification for EICAT assessment. Stocker RK; Brazis D, 1999. Introduced into Florida before 1897 as a potential fiber crop, it is now spreading throughout the state at alarming rates. Indeed, I have located it in several places in the county I live in yet the USDA says it does not exist in my county. It really is nasty smelling, rank growing, agressive, and climbing to the treetops and smothering mature trees. By 1933 the Skunk Vine was escaping the region via all points north, east and south. Skunk vine (Paederiafoetida) is an aptly named exotic twin- ing vine native to East and Southeast Asia. Final Report #34. Countries of most severe impact. Current control technology for the control of skunk vine (Paederia foetida). Using fire to control skunk vine (Paederia foetida L.) in an invaded sandhill. Skunk vine invades upland forests, slope for-ests, and various moist habitats. Paederia foetida, also called “skunkvine” is a thornless, woody vine that can grow up to 30 feet from a single root system and can climb trees, shrubs or anything else it encounters. It has an unpleasant, Eichhornia crassipes musky odor. In: Jones, David T.; Gamble, Brandon W., eds. Assessment date. It is rarely cultivated in ornamental purposes because of its unpleasant smell. Like the Australian Paperbark it is listed as a Category I (worst) weed by FLEPPC. Interpretive Summary: Skunk vine (Paederia foetida) is a coffee family (Rubiaceae) weed in Florida, the American South, and in Hawaii. Skunk vine was also found in North and South Carolina and Georgia in the late 1990s and recently in Texas and Louisiana. In a 1999 study by the University of Florida-Gainesville's Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants, the estimated cost of manually removing skunk vine from a moderately infested area was $4,006 per acre (or $1,622/hectare). Skunk Vine (Paderia foetida) - Invades native plant communities in Florida and can create dense canopies leading to the death of native vegetation. As in a skunk cabbage, a dieffenbachia's small flowers are born on a long, rod-like structure called a spadix that is partly enclosed by a sheath called a spathe. skunk vine (English), stinkvine (English), Chinese fever vine (English) Assessor. Skunkvine is twining vine that belongs to the coffee family. It originates from eastern and southeastern Asia, but it can be found in the warm areas around the world today. This Asian native has invaded native vegetation where it dominates native plants. Paederia foetida (skunk vine) is even worse than it sounds. Progress 11/21/08 to 06/03/09 Outputs Progress Report Objectives (from AD-416) Develop effective biological control agents of skunkvine and sewervine in Florida through the release of a complex of biological control agents feeding on different niches to weaken the plants: targeting the leaves and the roots, with Trachyaphthona flea beetles. “potential fiber crop,” skunk vine now occurs in the southeastern United States. Gainesville, Florida, USA: University of Florida-IFAS, Center of Aquatic and Invasive Plants, 51 pp. A biological control program is underway to develop biological control to attempt to lessen skunk vine’s presence and impact. Environmental weeds and exotic plants on Christmas Island, Indian Ocean: a report to Parks Australia. Mechanism(s) of maximum impact. Recommended citation. The plant emits a foul odor, espe-cially when the leaves are crushed. Description of impact. 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