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 (pronounced /ˈhɛdərə/; English name ivy, plural ivies) is a genus of 15 species of climbing or ground-creeping evergreen woody plants in the family Araliaceae, native to the Atlantic Islands, western, central and southern Europe, northwestern Africa and across central-southern Asia east to Japan. On suitable surfaces (trees and rock faces), they are able to climb to at least 25–30 metres above the basal ground level.