In the forest near the beach there was ivy growing on many of the tree trunks in the shade.
Ivy is basically everywhere. Its hard to get rid of... They are usually by rivers.
Hedera helix (Common Ivy) is a species of ivy native to most of Europe, from Ireland northeast to southern Scandinavia, south to Spain, and east to Ukraine and also northern Turkey in southwestern Asia. The northern and eastern limits are at about the -2°C winter isotherm, while to the west and southwest, it is replaced by other species of ivy.
