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Hedera helix, the common ivy, European ivy, King's Choice ivy, or just ivy, is a species of flowering plant in the family Araliaceae. It is native to most of Europe and parts of western Asia. Ivy is a clinging evergreen vine that grows on tree trunks, walls, and fences in gardens, waste spaces, and wild habitats. Ivy is popular as an ornamental ...
Hedera helix adult leaves and unripe berries in Ayrshire, Scotland. On level ground ivies remain creeping, not exceeding 5–20 cm height, but on surfaces suitable for climbing, including trees, natural rock outcrops or man-made structures such as quarry rock faces or built masonry and wooden structures, they can climb to at least 30 m above the ground.
Ivy usually refers to any plant species in the genus Hedera, in the family Araliaceae - notably common ivy Hedera helix. Ivy may also refer to other plant species:- Boston ivy Parthenocissus tricuspidata; cape ivy Senecio angulatus and Senecio tamoides; coliseum ivy, Kenilworth ivy, Oxford ivy, Cymbalaria muralis; devil's ivy Epipremnum aureum
In Mandarin Chinese, the plant goes by a number of names, most commonly páqiánghǔ (爬墙虎, lit. "wall-climbing tiger"), but also páshānhǔ (爬山虎, lit. "mountain-climbing tiger", also refers to Hedera helix), dìjǐn (地錦, lit. "earth brocade", the name used in the Compendium of Materia Medica and the common name in Taiwan ...
Some examples of Araliaceae include the angelica tree (Aralia spinosa), the devil's club (Oplopanax horridus), ivy (Hedera spp., including H. helix), and herbs such as ginseng (Panax spp.). Leaves are sometimes lauroid (resembling Laurus) and are simple to compound; when compound, they are ternate, pinnate, or palmate. [citation needed]
Porcelain berry or porcelain vine, also called amur peppervine, has pretty pinkish-purple-blue berries on a vigorous, woody, tendril-climbing vine, somewhat resembling wild grape vines. It can ...
× Fatshedera / f æ t s ˈ h ɛ d ər ə / [1] is hybrid genus of flowering plants, common name tree ivy or aralia ivy.It has only one species, × Fatshedera lizei.The hybrid symbol × in front of the name indicates that this is an inter-generic hybrid, a cross between plants from different genera.
The plant has an attractive and elegant aspect. It is quite common in gardening, and has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. [2] Like the related H. helix (English ivy), H. hibernica is an invasive weed in parts of North America with mild winters: in a recent study, 83% of 119 populations of invasive ivy sampled in the Pacific Northwest were found to be H. hibernica ...