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Specimen Info
- Category
- Herbaceous Layer
- Common Name
- Virginia Creeper
- Scientific Name
- Parthenocissus quinquefolia
- Photo of plant
- Additional Photo
- Optional Link
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parthenocissus_quinquefolia
- Plant Status
- Native
- Observation Date
- June 19, 2020
- Location of Plant
- Tanner, WV
- County in West Virginia
- Gilmer
- Seed Collection
- Transplanting
- Other Information
- This is growing up my black tupelo tree. I read that you can identify Virginia Creeper from other 5 leaved plants because the teeth stop when the leave angles toward the stem. Also all the leaves shoot out from a central location (like the Ohio Buckeye seedling, except it has fine teeth all the way down) - some others have little stems that shoot out like American Ginseng (which also has fine teeth all the way down the leaf), or don't intersect like the wild sarsparilla.
- Recorded By
- Tina Gainer Barton
- Email
- webmaster@wvmspa.org