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common hops

Humulus lupulus

Common hops are climbing plants that grow tall and green. They are often used to make beer but are also fun to look at in gardens and fields!

Lebensraum: Urban areas, Gardens

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The common hops is a vigorous climbing vine with rough, bristly stems that twine clockwise. Its leaves are heart-shaped, deeply lobed, and have serrated edges. The female flowers form papery, cone-like structures, typically pale green to yellowish, which are its most distinctive feature.

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Seltenheit

Common

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Interessante Fakten

Believe it or not, hops are cousins to cannabis, but they won't make you giggle!

Hop plants are like speed racers, growing up to 30 cm (1 foot) in a single day!

Hops plants tuck themselves in at night, folding their leaves down as if to sleep!

The special 'cones' of hops give beer its bitter taste and keep it fresh!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Super-Fast Climber

Common hops can grow several inches a day, allowing it to quickly reach sunlight high above.

Fähigkeit

Twining Grip

This plant climbs by twining its rough stems around supports, rather than using tendrils.

Fähigkeit

Bitter Shield

Hops produces bitter compounds in its cones that help deter pests from eating them.

Fähigkeit

Flavor Chemist

Its female cones contain glands that produce special oils and acids used to flavor and preserve drinks.

Maße und Details

Höhe
300-600 cm
Ausbreitung
150-300 cm
Blütengröße
0.2-0.5 cm
Blütezeit
Late spring to early summer
Essbar
Ja
Giftigkeit
Leicht
Lebenszyklus
Mehrjährig
Bestäubungsmethode
Wind

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

hop aphid

Phorodon humuli

Feeds on sap from leaves and stems.

eaten by

two-spotted spider mite

Tetranychus urticae

Sucks plant juices, causing damage.

eaten by

eastern tent caterpillar

Malacosoma americanum

Larvae consume leaves.

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Sicherheit

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Always ask an adult before touching or tasting plants.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das höhe von common hops?

300-600 cm

Was ist der/die/das ausbreitung von common hops?

150-300 cm

Was ist der/die/das blütengröße von common hops?

0.2-0.5 cm

Was ist der/die/das blütezeit von common hops?

Late spring to early summer

Was ist der/die/das essbar von common hops?

Ja

Was ist der/die/das giftigkeit von common hops?

Leicht

Was ist der/die/das lebenszyklus von common hops?

Mehrjährig

Was ist der/die/das bestäubungsmethode von common hops?

Wind

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