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Amur peppervine (Ampelopsis brevipedunculata)
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Amur peppervine

Ampelopsis brevipedunculata · Vitaceae · all Ampelopsis records · also called Porcelainberry · Wikipedia

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Porcelainberry has 4 legal-list rows for MA, NY, OH, and VA in local regulatory evidence. Ampelopsis brevipedunculata carries an avoid direction on the evidence table.

The fire pack is limited evidence, while 1 ecological invasive report remains separate status context. Same-form alternatives are cited in related plants, giving the avoid record a comparison route without enlarging its accepted pack.

Hardiness evidence and the genus index remain distinct browsing destinations. The two routes do not change the four legal geographies, the computed avoid direction, or the single ecological report attached to brevipedunculata. Returning to the accepted rows keeps those roles inspectable.

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Form
vine
Mature height
~50 ft
Light
Full sun
Rated in
eastern US
On this lot

1. Fire evidence and conditions

Fire evidence
Highly flammable — location does not change the cited classification.
Placement evidence
1 source placement record; source schemes remain separate.
Evidence regions
eastern US

2. Why this plant is relevant here

State distribution
Documented in CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, IL, KY, MA, MD, MI, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, VA, WI, WV.
Introduced / established
1 sourced range or established record. This is not an invasive warning.
USDA hardiness
Only uncertain or inapplicable hardiness rows are cited; no primary zone is projected.

3. Legal, ecological, and broader status

Legal-list status
4 legal-list records; the Place chip matches exact scope.
How to read this page

The status above is computed from the cited rows below: independent recommendations can support a fire-resistant result, an avoid row can produce keep-away, and disagreement stays visible as conflict. Placement notes preserve each source’s own scheme rather than translating unlike rules into one scale. This is evidence about a plant, not permission to plant it in every part of the defensible space; Zone 0 remains noncombustible.

Plant hardiness evidence

These values describe the plant source. Your ZIP zone comes from the separate 2023 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map. Whole-zone values stay whole-zone, and a single unresolved value is not treated as a tolerance range. Different source boundaries stay separate: overlapping statements are compared independently, while only ranges with no shared zone are called a conflict.

Where its sources say to plant it

Placement rules below use each source's own distances or named zones, tied to its rating. They are not interchangeable with the directory's current Zone 0 guidance.

The evidence

Grouped by what each source concluded. Primary evidence rated the plant itself (a lab, field program, or original curation); corroboration compiled or republished another source's rating and resolves to its root lineage.

Avoids (1)

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Last verified 2026-08-23. JSON (CC BY 4.0)

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Ampelopsis brevipedunculata (Porcelainberry). FireApproved. https://fireapproved.com/plants/ampelopsis-brevipedunculata/. Last verified 2026-08-23.