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Common Hops - Humulus lupulus

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Native/Non-native Species
(depends on location or taxa)

Global Rank: G5
State Rank: SNR
C-value: 1


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General Description
Rhizomatous perennial. Stems herbaceous, twining, to 4 m long. Leaf blades scabrous, cordate, deeply, palmately 3- to 5-lobed, 4–12 cm long. Male flowers white to yellow, paniculate. Flowers usually unisexual. Female flowers in pairs subtended by a bract in cone-like raceme 1–3 cm long. Fruits pendulous, long-ovoid, 2–3 cm long, yellow-glandular (Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).

Species Range
Montana Range Range Descriptions

Native
 


Range Comments
Throughout most of U.S. and southern Canada in and east of the Rocky Mtns (Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).

Observations in Montana Natural Heritage Program Database
Number of Observations: 67

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(Observations spanning multiple months or years are excluded from time charts)



Habitat
Roadsides, streambanks, open rocky slopes; plains, valleys (Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).

Management


References
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Citation for data on this website:
Common Hops — Humulus lupulus.  Montana Field Guide.  .  Retrieved on , from