Other Fact Sheets Twig Key

So far you have made the following choices...

It could be one of the species in the table below. Lets narrow choices by looking at how the vine climbs.
aerial rootlets
tendrils
twining

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Possible matches:
Akebia quinata - fiveleaf akebia
Aristolochia macrophylla - Dutchman's pipe
Berchemia scandens - supplejack
Bougainvillea spp. - bougainvillea
Celastrus orbiculatus - Oriental bittersweet
Celastrus scandens - American bittersweet
Clematis drummondii - virgin's bower
Ficus aurea - strangler fig
Gelsemium sempervirens - false jessamine
Hedera helix - English ivy
Parthenocissus quinquefolia - Virginia creeper
Parthenocissus tricuspidata - Boston ivy
Pueraria montana - kudzu
Rosa multiflora - multiflora rose
Rubus allegheniensis - Alleghany blackberry
Rubus armeniacus - Himalaya blackberry
Rubus occidentalis - black raspberry
Rubus phoenicolasius - wine raspberry
Rubus ursinus - wild blackberry
Smilax bona-nox - saw greenbrier
Smilax glauca - catbrier
Smilax laurifolia - laurel greenbrier
Smilax rotundifolia - common greenbrier
Smilax tamnoides - bristly greenbrier
Solanum dulcamara - bitter nightshade
Toxicodendron diversilobum - Pacific poisonoak
Toxicodendron pubescens - poison-oak
Toxicodendron radicans - poison-ivy
Vitis aestivalis - summer grape
Vitis rotundifolia - muscadine grape
Wisteria floribunda - Japanese wisteria
Wisteria sinensis - Chinese wisteria

 

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