Parthenocissus quinquefolia

Common Name: 
Virginia creeper, woodbine parthenocissus
Scientific Name: 
Parthenocissus quinquefolia (L.) Planch.
Family Name: 
Vitaceae - Grape Family
Identification Notes
Life Cycle
native perennial, reproducing by seed
Stems
woody vine, groundcover or climbing by branched tendrils with adhesive disks on ends, tendrils opposite leaf, new growth green becoming gray-brown with age, lenticels present, orange-brown aerial roots common
Growth Habit of Virginia Creeper
Growth Habit of Virginia Creeper
Leaves
alternate, palmately compound, leaflets five sometimes seven and egg-shaped, long petioled, margins coarsely toothed mostly above the middle, dark green above and light below, bright red in fall
Leaves of Virginia Creeper
Leaves of Virginia Creeper
Leaves of Virginia Creeper
Leaves of Virginia Creeper
Flowers
green, small and inconspicuous; terminal and upper axillary clusters, long-stemmed clusters
Fruit
berry, round, green becoming blue-black, cluster branches green becoming orange-red to red at maturity
Fruit of Virginia Creeper