Parthenocissus tricuspidata
By Yoo, So-Young
Common Names
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Japaneses Creeper
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Boston-Ivy
Identification
"Boston-ivy produces glossy dark green three-lobed
leaves up to eight inches wide that turn crimson red in autumn. It is a
high-climbing deciduous vine similar in all respects to the Virginia creeper
except for leaf shape, which is here more ivylike."4
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Vine, stems to 20m, climbing
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Young shoots glabrous
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Tendrils short, much-branched, with terminal adhesive disks
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Leaves very variable, trifoliate or suborbicular-deltoid
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Acuminately 3-lobed
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Dull dark blue with bloom in Summer
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Seed 1-2 (see 2 )
Boston ivy on wall (see 4 )
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