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Cupseed

Calycocarpum lyonii

Found in moist upland, riparian, and bottomland forests, stream banks, wet hammocks. Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), South Central edition What its natural habitat tells you

5
Modest

Native to Mississippi (estimated). How scores work Is it native here?

Profile 65%

Height
About 30 feet
Light
Partial shade, Full shade, Full sun
Soil moisture
Moist to wet
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At a glance

Bloom
Late spring

Not yet recorded · Spread · Life cycle · Leaves

Recorded in 28 Mississippi counties.

Natural habitats

Places it grows wild. Not a planting requirement. Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

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Floodplain and bottomland forests

Forests on low ground beside rivers and streams that flood from time to time.

Streams, rivers and their banks

Flowing water and its banks, bars and rocky shoals.

Coastal Plain hammocks

Dense, evergreen groves of live oak, magnolia and other hardwoods in the southern Coastal Plain, from dry oak domes to wet hydric hammocks and south Florida's tropical hammocks; salt-shaped maritime hammocks are maritime forests.

All habitats

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

0CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including MS
0BeesSoutheastern regional records
0Specialist beesPollen specialists
—BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

No records yet · Ants · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family
Menispermaceae

Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.

Growing sources and scope
Also known as

Lyons Cupseed

Conservation status

Mississippi rankSNR
Global rankNot available
MS statusNot verified
Federal statusNot verified

Conservation source

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