Virginia Creeper
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Summary 2
Parthenocissus quinquefolia, known as Virginia creeper, five-leaved ivy, or five-finger, is a species of flowering plant in the vine family Vitaceae, native to eastern and central North America, in southeastern Canada, the eastern and central United States, eastern Mexico, and Guatemala, west as far as Manitoba, South Dakota, Utah and Texas.
Key plant community associations 3
Common associates include southern magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora),
greenbrier (Smilax spp.), poison-ivy (Toxicodendron radicans), and
grape (Vitis spp.). A complete list of trees growing with Virginia
creeper would include a majority of trees growing in the eastern United
States [21,24].
Sources and Credits
- (c) Nick Beck, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/35518067@N06/3350105626
- Adapted by Jonathan (JC) Carpenter from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parthenocissus_quinquefolia
- Public Domain, http://eol.org/data_objects/24643913
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