Rapid barbed vine
The Rapid barbed vine (Acutus celeri) is a species of barbed vine native to Frésir, Wosteaque, more specifically the Spavennato eyot in the Fil Humide Bog. It is known for it's rapid growth, up to two and a half feet per day, if the conditions are perfect.
| Rapid barbed vine | |
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Least Concern
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae
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| Order: | Fabales
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| Family: | Fabaceae
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| Genus: | Acutus
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| Species: | A. celeri
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Description[edit | edit source]
The Rapid barbed vine is a wood vine that is typically 5-13 cm in width. The barbs on the vine are serrated, and the amount of vines usually indicate the health of the vine. The vine can climb vertically extremely well due to the fact that the vine uses a helix climbing pattern, as well as tendrils to secure itself to the surface. The leaves are a dark green with them being separated with an average distance of 8 cm. The vine flowers with a vibrant purple hue with an average size of 10 cm, and it normally last about five weeks with it occurring every six months.
Invasiveness[edit | edit source]
The rapid barbed vine is highly completive, even growing on itself or other specimens, this usually kills the vine that is being grown on due to lack of sunlight. This can result in layers of vines that continuous to grow on a surface until it gets too heavy. When the foundational vine can no longer support the weight of all the vines it will break, and usually plummets to the ground resulting in mounds of vine around vertical surfaces. Vine growth is only amplified when it blooms as animals, usably vine bees, pollinate the vines. The Wosteaquean Department of Agriculture has classified it as invasive even though it is native to the area. Due to this classification the species is only permitted to grow on Spavennato eyot with any other areas that have found to house the vine are to be removed and disposed of. Since 1960 a containment camera system has been set up by the Department of Agriculture to insure that any unwanted growth of the vine does not happen.
There have been 147 instances since 1850 that the vine has grown into other areas of the Fil Humide Bog. Below is a table of major instances.
| Year | Area km2 | Destruction |
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| 1877 | 29 km2 | Pruning & incineration |
| 1884 | 54 km2 | Pruning & incineration |
| 1898 | 31 km2 | Pruning & incineration |
| 1906 | 29 km2 | Pruning & incineration |
| 1924 | 322 km2 | Pruning & incineration |
| 1935 | 61 km2 | Pruning & incineration |
| 1946 | 32 km2 | Pruning & incineration |
| 1960 | 526 km2 | Pruning & incineration + firebombing |
| 1986 | 23 km2 | Pruning & incineration |