Welcome to the definitive and centralized resource for the latest and most comprehensive information on global liana research. The liana ecology project is a clearinghouse for liana and vine ecology, รขโ‚ฌยฆ Liana enables the use of any combination of ligand-receptor methods and resources, and their consensus.

Lianas are characteristic of tropical moist broadleaf forests (especially seasonal forests), but may be found in temperate rainforests and temperate deciduous forests. There are also temperate lianas, for รขโ‚ฌยฆ They start out as small upright shrubs. Most lianas produce long shoots with tendrils that attach themselves to a support. Eventually they extend into the canopy, reaching it via the understory and รขโ‚ฌยฆ The meaning of liana is any of various usually woody vines especially of tropical rainforests that root in the ground.

Eventually they extend into the canopy, reaching it via the understory and รขโ‚ฌยฆ The meaning of liana is any of various usually woody vines especially of tropical rainforests that root in the ground.