Carolina Snailseed
Cocculus carolinus
Carolina snailseed is a twining native vine grown for its glossy, brilliant-red berry clusters in fall that birds devour, with inconspicuous greenish flowers. A good native screen.
- Family
- Menispermaceae
- Type
- vine
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 10–14 ft
- Spacing
- 3–6 ft apart
- Light
- part shade
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- neutral
- Bloom
- June, July, August
- Bloom colors
- green
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, songbirds
- Landscape uses
- groundcover, erosion control
- Native states
- AL, AR, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MO, MS, NC, OK, SC, TN, TX, VA