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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Vitales
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 (1968) 120-01-001:
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
FAMILY
Vitaceae
COMMON NAME:
Virginia Creeper
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JK Marlow jkm191222_2362_p_quinquef
Clay County AL
Cheaha State Park
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_paqu2_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / US Forest Service pnd_paqu2_005_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / US Forest Service pnd_paqu2_008_lvd
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Roxanna Martin rlm41808_232
April Spartanburg County SC
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JK Marlow jkm0005f_27
May Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm150519_087
May Calhoun County SC
Congaree Bluffs Heritage Preserve
Seedling.
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JK Marlow jkm170520_845
May Sumter County SC
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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.
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JK Marlow jkm170520_942
May Calhoun County SC
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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.
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JK Marlow jkm170527_562
May Anderson County SC
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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.
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Keith Bradley kab_p_quinquefolia_73939
May Miami-Dade County FL
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Keith Bradley kab_p_quinquefolia_73944
May Miami-Dade County FL
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Keith Bradley kab_p_quinquefolia_73962
May Miami-Dade County FL
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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.
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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.
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Roxanna Martin rlm62610_43
June Spartanburg County SC
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Roxanna Martin rlm6609_074
June Spartanburg County SC
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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.
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Roxanna Martin rlm742009_014
July Spartanburg County SC
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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.
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Gill Newberry gn09_p_quinquefolia_lvs
September
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JK Marlow jkm150912_160
September Clay County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Tusquitee Ranger District
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Paul Thompson pstparthenocissus_quinqu
Month Unknown
Tendrils are branched and have attachment disks. — Clemson Extension
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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.
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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.