100 More Species #64: Virginia creeper

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Virginia creeper Parthenocissus quinquefolia

People with tidy property will not tolerate Virginia creeper. It climbs up fences and walls and even spreads across insufficiently mowed lawns. But it's a good native New England plant that provides berries for birds to eat in the winter, and a dazzling fall display for humans in the fall. I've been carefully tolerating it in various locations of the yard in order to ensure its survival, while diligently removing oriental bittersweet and poison ivy. Virginia creeper appeared in the fall of 2006 as 365 urban species #264.


This vine is crawling up the fence between our little side yard and the front yard.

Comments

[anais2.livejournal.com]

I love my VA creeper- the bright red foliage in fall, especially. And birds love the berries.

[kryptyd.livejournal.com]

You don't mention that it's most commonly found on posh houses.

[cottonmanifesto.livejournal.com]

it's not - at least not around here.