Plant Taxa on the Fire Trail's of Berkeley
A guide to the plant taxa in and around the Berkeley Fire Trails. Beginning from the Centennial Peak Drive road parking lot, and continuing up towards the top of Claremont Canyon allows some excellent opportunities to see some of the different flora and fauna of the area. This trail also offers ...more ↓
Ivy Family
Araliaceae is a family of flowering plants, also known as the Aralia family (after its type genus Aralia) or ivy family. The family includes 254 species of trees, shrubs, lianas and perennial herbaceous plants in two subfamilies. Species usually bear pinnately or palmately compound leaves, and usually have small flowers produced in large panicles.
Common Ivy
Hedera helix (common ivy, English ivy, European ivy, or just ivy) is a species of flowering plant in the family Araliaceae, native to most of Europe and western Asia. A rampant, clinging evergreen vine, it is a familiar sight in gardens, waste spaces, on house walls, tree trunks and in wild areas across its native habitat. It is labeled as an invasive ...more ↓
