Dioscorea villosa

Common Name
Wild yam
Plant Form
Herbs
Duration
Perennial
Region
Coastal
Piedmont
Mountain

Photographer: TG
Licensed under: CC BY-NC 4.0
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Photographer: TG
Licensed under: CC BY-NC 4.0
Original photo: Original photo

Photographer: TG
Licensed under: CC BY-NC 4.0
Original photo: Original photo

Additional Info

In a wide range of habitats, including mesic to dry forests, dry rocky woodlands, floodplain forests, alluvial swamps, tidal swamps, seepage swamps, wet flatwoods, depression ponds and swamps, bogs, rocky or sandy scour bars, and clearings. Common throughout.

Bloom Time
Spring
Early Summer
Light Requirements
Full sun
Partial sun
Shade
Moisture Requirements
Wet
Moist
Dry
Earth Sangha Inventory

Founded in 1997, the Earth Sangha is a nonprofit public charity based in the Washington, DC, region. The Wild Plant Nursery is the most comprehensive source of local-ecotype, native plants in the Washington DC region, and the region’s only facility dedicated exclusively to this type of propagation. “Local-ecotype” plants are propagated from local, wild, naturally-occurring populations and are well-adapted to local conditions and for wildlife species that depend on the local forms, such as pollinators. Inventory is updated on a weekly basis so number may not be accurate.

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