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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Hedera helix var. helix
FAMILY
Araliaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
You may also want to check Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Vines of North Carolina
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Read more about Hedera at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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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JK Marlow jkm160201_957b
February Greenville County SC
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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).
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JK Marlow jkm160217_022
February Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm160225_059
February Greenville County SC
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_hedera_helix4
March Moore County NC
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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 (Miller, 2003).
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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
Leaves on juvenile wood are palmately lobed, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).
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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 (Miller, 2003).
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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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow s060617_k
June Greenville County SC
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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 (Miller, 2003).
COMPARE
palmately veined leaves of vines
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_hedera_helix1
August Moore County NC
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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 (Miller, 2003).
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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 (Lance, 2004).
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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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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)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
This plant is causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:
- Alabama Invasive Plant Council, 2012
- Brooklyn Botanic Garden
- Georgia Exotic Pest Plant Council, 2006
- Kentucky Exotic Pest Plant Council, 2013
- NC Botanical Garden
- NC Department of Transportation
- SC Exotic Pest Plant Council, 2014
- SC Native Plant Society
- Tennessee Exotic Pest Plant Council, 2009
- US Forest Service Southern Research Station
- Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, 2014
LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer
Greenish-yellow
5 sepals
5 petals
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Black/ Blue/ Purplish
Drupe
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Invasive Plants, Guide to Identification, Impacts and Control (Kaufman & Kaufman, 2007) p185
- A Field Guide for the Identification of Invasive Plants in Southern Forests (Miller, Chambliss, & Lowenstein, 2010) p070
- Invasive Exotic Plants of North Carolina (Smith, 2008) p088
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p099
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p158
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