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  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Monocots
  5. Yams, Colicroots, and Allies
  6. True Yams

family

True Yams

Dioscoreaceae

Includes
2 native 4 introduced 9 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Cinnamon Vines 2 native
  • Bat Flowers

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Top native true yams All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

  • Wild Yam Dioscorea villosa flowers 1
  • Four-leaved Yam Dioscorea quaternata

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