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Parthenocissus
quinquefolia |
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Virginia Creeper |
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Vigorous, high-climbing vine, clinging by
adhesive disks on the ends of the modified
tendrils. |
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30-50 feet tall or more |
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Flowers are greenish-white, borne in cymes,
forming terminal panicles, not showy. |
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July |
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Leaves are alternate, palmately compound with 5
leaflets, each being elliptic, 1½-4 inches
long, with an acuminate tip and coarsely serrate
margins. |
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Fall color is purple-red to a brilliant crimson
red, usually the first woody plant to color,
very showy. |
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Fruit is a bluish-black, bloomy berry, ¼ inch
in diameter, ripening in September-October |
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