Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Vitales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
FAMILY
Vitaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
FAMILY
Vitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 120-01-001:
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
FAMILY
Vitaceae
COMMON NAME:
Virginia Creeper
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JK Marlow jkm170520_941
May Calhoun County SC
Disks on small branching tendrils adhere to walls, trees and rocks, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont.
JK Marlow jkm170520_968
May Calhoun County SC
The "ivy-covered walls" of many universities are covered by creeper not ivy, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont.
JK Marlow jkm170527_565
May Anderson County SC
The adhesive disks secrete a cement-like substance, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont.
Keith Bradley kab_p_quinquefolia_73979
May Miami-Dade County FL
Tiny flowers have 5 yellowish-green petals & a red calyx, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
JK Marlow s040515_n
May Greenville County SC
5(3-7) ovate to elliptic to obovate leaflets, margins serrate above middle, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
JK Marlow jkm130709_399
July Greenville County SC
Branched tendrils occur opposite the leaves of growing shoots, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
Gill Newberry gn09_p_quinquefolia_fruit
September
Drupe black to dark blue and white waxy, containing 3 lustrous brown seeds, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
JK Marlow jkm150912_160
September Clay County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Tusquitee Ranger District
Paul Thompson pstparthenocissus_quinqu
Month Unknown
Tendrils are branched and have attachment disks. — Clemson Extension
Roxanna Martin rlm101808_149
October Spartanburg County SC
The persistent fruits are eaten by numerous songbirds, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
Will Stuart wil_10601762383
October Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
Its rich crimson fall foliage is among the first to color in autumn, per Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
FAMILY
Vitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
FAMILY
Vitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 120-01-001:
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
FAMILY
Vitaceae