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- Title
MADEIRA VINE AND GOLDEN ORB-WEAVER SPIDERSH.
- Authors
Clifford, H. Trevor
- Abstract
The article discusses the environmental aspects of the South American succulent Madeira Vine climbing weed Anredera cordifolia, also known as Lamb's Tail, in Queensland. Topics discussed include characteristics of the weed such as ability to climb using supporting structures like mooring lines of Golden Orb-weaver spider webs and to produce aerial tubers, its distribution near the University of Queensland, and the mechanism that prevents twiner from slipping down the mooring lines.
- Subjects
ANREDERA cordifolia; CLIMBING plants; WEEDS -- Environmental aspects; TUBERS; ORB weavers; SPIDER webs; UNIVERSITY of Queensland
- Publication
Queensland Naturalist, 2013, Vol 51, Issue 4-6, p23
- ISSN
0079-8843
- Publication type
Article