Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Vitales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Parthenocissus inserta
FAMILY
Vitaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Thicket Creeper from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Parthenocissus vitacea
FAMILY
Vitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
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Cissus verticillata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
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Parthenocissus vitacea
COMMON NAME:
Thicket Creeper, Woodbine
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_pavi5_002_shd
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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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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.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Parthenocissus inserta
FAMILY
Vitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Parthenocissus vitacea
FAMILY
Vitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
-
Cissus verticillata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
-
Parthenocissus vitacea
4171
Woody vine
Perennial
Native to North Carolina
Documented growing wild in - NC -
Rare
Look for it in maritime thickets, rich alluvial forests, rich forests over mafic rocks, roadsides, and dumps, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!