photo: Cleveland Metroparks
English Ivy (Hedera helix)
 Cleveland Metroparks |
 Cleveland Metroparks |
 Forest and Kim Starr, Starr Environmental, Bugwood.org |
Form:
A vigorous, aggressive, fast-growing, woody evergreen perennial that is primarily grown as a climbing vine or trailing ground cover. As a climbing vine, it may over time grow upwards to 50-100' in height. As a ground cover, it typically grows to 6-9" tall but spreads over time to 50-100'.
Leaves:
Thick, 3-5 lobed, dark green leaves (to 4” long), or lobe less, elliptic-ovate, dark green leaves.
Flowers:
Umbrella-like clusters of greenish-white flowers.
Fruits & Seeds:
Blue-black berries.
Roots:
Adventitious roots, spreading stems will root at the nodes where they touch the soil.
Tier 2 - Assess As Needed
The size and extent of these species populations are currently being inventoried with limited geographic information available. This survey will assist with identifying future control targets as populations are defined.
Action: The inventory of these plants is ongoing. The approximate number of plants should be recorded keeping in mind population sizes may be highly variable.
