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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Parthenocissus inserta   FAMILY Vitaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Parthenocissus vitacea   FAMILY Vitaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Parthenocissus inserta

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Parthenocissus vitacea

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Parthenocissus vitacea

 

COMMON NAME:
Thicket Creeper, Woodbine


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image of Parthenocissus inserta, Thicket Creeper, Woodbine

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_pavi5_002_shd

        

image of Parthenocissus inserta, Thicket Creeper, Woodbine

David Campbell    mdc_parthenocissusinsert2

October    Polk County    NC

Leaves usually glossy above (vs. P. quinquefolia usually dull above), per Weakley's Flora (2015).


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image of Parthenocissus inserta, Thicket Creeper, Woodbine

David Campbell    mdc_parthenocissusinserta

October    Polk County    NC

Tendrils tend to lack adhesive disks mostly twining around other vegetation, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Parthenocissus inserta   FAMILY Vitaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Parthenocissus vitacea   FAMILY Vitaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Parthenocissus inserta

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Parthenocissus vitacea

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Parthenocissus vitacea

 

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4171

Woody vine
Perennial

Habitat: Maritime thickets, rich alluvial forests, rich forests over mafic rocks, roadsides, and dumps, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina

Rare

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Palmately compound: 5(-6) leaflets
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Green to reddish-green
Radially symmetrical
5 petals
Superior ovary

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Blue-black
Berry

 

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