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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Hedera helix var. helix   FAMILY Araliaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hedera helix   FAMILY Araliaceae

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

Hedera helix

SYNONYMOUS WITH World checklist and bibliography of Araliaceae (Frodin & Govaerts, 2003)

Hedera helix ssp. helix

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Hedera helix

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 139-01-001:

Hedera helix   FAMILY Araliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH The genera of Araliaceae in the southeastern United States (Graham, 1966)

Hedera helix var. helix

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Hedera helix

 

COMMON NAME:
English Ivy, Common Ivy


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image of Hedera helix var. helix, English Ivy, Common Ivy

JK Marlow    jkm160201_957b

February    Greenville County    SC

image of Hedera helix var. helix, English Ivy, Common Ivy

JK Marlow    jkm160201_959

February    Greenville County    SC

Leaves on mature plants are not palmately lobed, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).

image of Hedera helix var. helix, English Ivy, Common Ivy

JK Marlow    jkm160217_022

February    Greenville County    SC

image of Hedera helix var. helix, English Ivy, Common Ivy

JK Marlow    jkm160225_059

February    Greenville County    SC

image of Hedera helix var. helix, English Ivy, Common Ivy

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_hedera_helix4

March    Moore County    NC

image of Hedera helix var. helix, English Ivy, Common Ivy

JK Marlow    jkm0403g_11

March    Greenville County    SC

Roadside

Climbing to 90' by aerial roots, trailing to form dense ground cover, per Nonnative Invasive Plants of Southern Forests (Miller, 2003).

image of Hedera helix var. helix, English Ivy, Common Ivy

JK Marlow    jkm0403g_17

March    Greenville County    SC

Roadside

image of Hedera helix var. helix, English Ivy, Common Ivy

JK Marlow    jkm0403m_12

March    Greenville County    SC

Leaves on juvenile wood are palmately lobed, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).

image of Hedera helix var. helix, English Ivy, Common Ivy

JK Marlow    jkm060617_050

June    Greenville County    SC

Leaves of mature plants broadly lanceolate and unlobed, per Nonnative Invasive Plants of Southern Forests (Miller, 2003).

image of Hedera helix var. helix, English Ivy, Common Ivy

JK Marlow    jkm060622_017

June    Greenville County    SC

Parking lot

Flowers small: sepals 0.2-0.4mm, petals thick, 3-3.5mm long. Umbels terminal, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Hedera helix var. helix, English Ivy, Common Ivy

JK Marlow    s060617_k

June    Greenville County    SC

image of Hedera helix var. helix, English Ivy, Common Ivy

JK Marlow    s060617_l

June    Greenville County    SC

Leaves of typical juvenile plants have 3-5 pointed lobes, per Nonnative Invasive Plants of Southern Forests (Miller, 2003).


click here to see other plants that look similar to this COMPARE palmately veined leaves of vines

image of Hedera helix var. helix, English Ivy, Common Ivy

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_hedera_helix1

August    Moore County    NC

image of Hedera helix var. helix, English Ivy, Common Ivy

Paul Thompson    psthedera_helix

September?        

Leaves have a pungent odor when crushed. — Clemson Extension

image of Hedera helix var. helix, English Ivy, Common Ivy

Gill Newberry    gn10_hedera_helix

October        

Leaves dark green with whtish veins radiating from the petiole, per Nonnative Invasive Plants of Southern Forests (Miller, 2003).

image of Hedera helix var. helix, English Ivy, Common Ivy

JK Marlow    jkm061126_013

November    Greenville County    SC

Fruit berrylike, borne in umbellate clusters, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).

image of Hedera helix var. helix, English Ivy, Common Ivy

JK Marlow    jkm211118_5083

November    Greenville County    SC

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Hedera helix var. helix   FAMILY Araliaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hedera helix   FAMILY Araliaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH World checklist and bibliography of Araliaceae (Frodin & Govaerts, 2003)
Hedera helix ssp. helix

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Hedera helix

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 139-01-001:
Hedera helix   FAMILY Araliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH The genera of Araliaceae in the southeastern United States (Graham, 1966)
Hedera helix var. helix

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hedera helix

 

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639

Woody vine
Perennial

Habitat: Persistent, established, and spreading around old home sites, in suburban woodlands and waste areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Europe

Common in NC Piedmont (uncommon elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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INVASIVE

This plant is causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

 

LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Summer
Greenish-yellow
5 sepals
5 petals
Inferior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Black/ Blue/ Purplish
Drupe

 

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