[Herbalist] invasive climbing ivy

robert leonard rleonard at planetcable.net
Fri Jul 26 03:26:28 PDT 2002


on 7/25/02 1:38 AM, Sue Rogers at wjwakefield at juno.com wrote:

> Um, Virginia creeper doesn't exactly match your initial description of
> the leaves.  Didn't you say your vine had large heart shaped leaves?
> Virginia creeper has five leaflets or a palmate leaf, somewhat similar to
> a small version of a marijuana leaf.  It is commonly confused in these
> parts with poison ivy (which has only 3 leaflets).  In the Arkansas
> Ozarks, Virginia creeper is not as invasive as what you experienced (it
> will be strangled by kudzu, passionflower, and honeysuckle, among
> others), but the fall foliage is a beautiful red.  It will strangle
> trees, left to its own devices....
>
> Suzanna, herbalist, Barony of the Steppes, Kingdom of Ansteorrs (Dallas,
> TX)
>
>
>> It's Virginia Creeper, I had misidentified it from a website with mixed
> up pictures.
>>
>> Bob
>>
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Yes, you're correct.  After I obtained a cutting from another location, I
found that there are five leaves in a cluster, and the leaves are jagged.
What threw me off was a picture I saw on line that was misnamed.

Bob




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