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Parthenocissus quinquefolia, known as Virginia creeper, Victoria creeper, five-leaved ivy, or five-finger, is a species of flowering vine in the grape family, Vitaceae.It is native to eastern and central North America, from southeastern Canada and the eastern United States west to Manitoba and Utah, and south to eastern Mexico and Guatemala.
Akebia quinata is a climbing evergreen shrub that grows to 10 m (30 ft) or more in height and has palmately compound leaves with five elliptic or obovate leaflets that are notched at the tip. [4] The woody stems are greyish-brown with lenticels. [3] The flowers are clustered in racemes and are chocolate-scented, with three or four sepals. The ...
The placement of a cluster on the vine is similar to that of a tendril, [4] as both develop from the same uncommitted primordia, the anlagen. The grape bunch position on the side of the stem opposing a leaf is unusual for inflorescence of the plants. [3] The typical shape of a cluster depends on the grape variety. [5]
Tecomanthe speciosa is a vigorous twining climber growing up to 10 m (33 ft) in height. [2] The glossy, thick compound leaves consist of up to five leaflets. [2] In autumn or early winter it bears long cream-coloured tubular flowers that emerge directly from the stem in large clusters. [2]
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Parthenocissus inserta is a climbing and sprawling woody vine , reaching lengths of 20 metres (66 ft), using small branched tendrils with twining tips. [2] The leaves are palmately compound, composed of five leaflets, each leaflet reaching 13 centimetres (5 in) in length and 7 cm broad. The leaflets have a coarsely toothed margin.
Cissus hypoglauca is a large woody vine. The name water-vine comes from the fact that the woody sections of the vine may be cut into sections and the sap that drips from the sections may be drunk as water. The leaves are palmate, and are usually arranged in a group of five. Leaves elliptic or ovate in shape, slightly toothed or entire.
Bignonia capreolata is a vine commonly referred to as crossvine. [3] The common name refers to the cross-shaped pattern revealed when the stem is cut; this pattern results from four radial wedges of phloem embedded within the stem's xylem. [4]