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“The work load increased the second year, which made the class more difficult than expected, but we all made it through.”
Kayt Racz, Communication Studies
Virginia Creeper or Woodbine Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Grape Vitaceae family
Leaves fan-compound, formed from 5 palmate coarsely toothed leaflets. Hairy or Hairless, 3"-8" dull above.
Flowers/Fruit: Small whitish or greenish flowers in branching clusters. The fruit is a bluish-black berry, 3/16"-5/16", Aug.-Feb.
Twigs/Bark: Bark is tight and often spotted. The twigs are hairless and bright red near the fruit.
Form/Habitat: A climbing vinewith tendrils ending in disks. Woodlands, wet places. Flowers June-Aug.
NWI Status: FACU
Text by Thad Soule for CES301.
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