Scientific Name
Hedera
Common Name
English ivy

Characteristics

ID hints
Creeping shrub, rooting at nodes*
- Twigs greenish to purplish
- Leaves alternate on vine-like twigs
Juvenile leaves palmately lobed**
- Veins palmate, yellowish contrast*
Adult leaves broad elliptic, unlobed
- Veins palmate, yellowish contrast*
- Leaves clustered,twig internodes short
Fruit black berries
- Inflorescence a compound umbel**

4-H Horticulture Contest, Dr. Alice B. Russell, Dr. Paul R. Fantz, and Larry Bass, Department of Horticultural Science, NC Cooperative Extension Service, NC State University. All Pictures Copyright @1997Alice B. Russell. Computer programming by Miguel A. Buendia, graphics by Brad Capel.

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