Virginia creeper Vitaceae Parthenocissus quinquefolia

Leaf:Alternate, palmately compound, 4 to 8 inches across, with five elliptical leaflets per leaf, with coarsely crenate to serrate margins, shiny green above and paler below.
Flower:Small, not showy, green and borne in clusters on long stems, appear in summer.
Fruit:A blue-black berry, 1/4 inch in diameter, borne in long-stemmed clusters, maturing in late summer.
Twig:New stems are slender, light brown in color, with numerous reddish lenticels, tendrils are apparent opposite the buds, ending in adhesive pads; buds are broadly conical with orange-brown scales; leaf scars are nearly round and concave.
Bark:Gray-brown, becoming coarsely hairy due to aerial roots and tendrils. When rapidly growing, the aerial roots are bright, orange-brown.
Form:A climbing vine that may provide ground cover or ascend to fifty feet. Stems may get several inches in diameter.

leaf flower fruit twig bark form map

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