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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (4/7/08):
Hedera helix var. helix
FAMILY
Araliaceae
LESS THAN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hedera helix
FAMILY
Araliaceae
LESS THAN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 139-01-001:
Hedera helix
FAMILY
Araliaceae
COMMON NAME:
English Ivy, Common Ivy
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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.
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JK Marlow jkm0403g_17
March Greenville County SC
Roadside
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JK Marlow jkm0403m_12
March Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm060617_050
June Greenville County SC
Leaves of mature plants broadly lanceolate and unlobed, per Nonnative Invasive Plants of Southern Forests.
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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.
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JK Marlow s060617_k
June Greenville County SC
Leaves on juvenile wood are palmately lobed, not so on mature plants, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide.
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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.
COMPARE palmately veined leaves of vines
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Paul Thompson psthedera_helix
September?
Leaves have a pungent odor when crushed. — Clemson Extension
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Gill Newberry gn10_hedera_helix
October
Leaves dark green with whtish veins radiating from the petiole, per Nonnative Invasive Plants of Southern Forests.
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JK Marlow jkm061126_013
November Greenville County SC
Fruit berrylike, borne in umbellate clusters, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide.