Parthenocissus quinquefolis
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Photo courtesy Renee Brecht |
Britton & Brown |
| Botanical name: | Parthenocissus quinquefolis |
| Common name: | Virginia creeper |
| Group: | dicot |
| Family: | Viaceae |
| Growth type: | vine |
| Duration: | perennial |
| Origin: | native |
| Plant height: | up to 60', climbing trees, shrubs, sometimes sprawlling on ground |
| Foliage: | palmately compound, 5 leaflets with toothed margin |
| Flower: | occasional, small and greenish, late spring |
| Flowering time: | late June to August; fruits late September to October |
| Habitat: | deciduous woodlands, thickets, rich moist rocky ground of shaded wood edges and banks |
| Range in New Jersey: | statewide, infrequently introduced into Pine barrens |
| Heritage ranking, if any: | n/a |
| Distribution: |  |
| Misc. | Berries are winter food source for birds, but are not edible to humans or mammals because of the oxalata crystals. |