Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Vitales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Parthenocissus inserta
FAMILY
Vitaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Thicket Creeper from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Parthenocissus vitacea
FAMILY
Vitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Parthenocissus inserta
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Parthenocissus vitacea
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Parthenocissus vitacea
COMMON NAME:
Thicket Creeper, Woodbine
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_pavi5_002_shd
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David Campbell mdc_parthenocissusinsert2
October Polk County NC
Leaves usually glossy above (vs. P. quinquefolia usually dull above), per Weakley's Flora (2015).
COMPARE
compound leaves of vines
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David Campbell mdc_parthenocissusinserta
October Polk County NC
Tendrils tend to lack adhesive disks mostly twining around other vegetation, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Parthenocissus inserta
FAMILY
Vitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Parthenocissus vitacea
FAMILY
Vitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Parthenocissus inserta
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Parthenocissus vitacea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Parthenocissus vitacea
4171
Woody vine
Perennial
Habitat: Maritime thickets, rich alluvial forests, rich forests over mafic rocks, roadsides, roadside banks, and dumps, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Palmately compound: 5(-6) leaflets
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Green to reddish-green
Radially symmetrical
5 petals
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Blue-black
Berry
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- How to Recognize Shrubs (Grimm, 1966) p187
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p228
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