Virginia creeper
Prepared by Jennifer L. D’Appollonio, Assistant Scientist, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469. April 2019.
Scientific name: Parthenocissus quinquefolia (L.) Planch.
Common name(s): Virginia creeper, Virginia-creeper, woodbine
Link(s): USDA PLANTS Profile, NPIN Profile, Go Botany
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- creeping across wild blueberry field
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- grows in and over wild blueberry plants
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- leaves become red with age
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- vine with flowers
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- flowers are inconspicuous and usually greenish
Description:
-perennial vine
-leaves are
- five parted leaves
- glossy green
- distinctive
-climbs from tendrils
-may be confused with P. inserta, which was recently separated into its own species. Look for how the tendrils attach to surfaces and see Go Botany left sidebar for more information
Habitat:
-disturbed sites
-forests
-shores of rivers
-rocky slopes
Sources:
Go Botany. “Parthenocissus Quinquefolia (L.) Planch.” Parthenocissus Quinquefolia (Virginia-Creeper, Woodbine): Go Botany, 2021, gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/species/parthenocissus/quinquefolia/.