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Hedera, commonly called ivy (plural ivies), is a genus of 12–15 species of evergreen climbing or ground-creeping woody plants in the family Araliaceae, native to Western Europe, Central Europe, Southern Europe, Macaronesia, northwestern Africa and across central-southern Asia east to Japan and Taiwan.
Hedera helix, the common ivy, European ivy, King's Choice ivy, or just ivy, is a species of flowering plant in the family Araliaceae. It is native to most of Europe and parts of western Asia. Ivy is a clinging evergreen vine that grows on tree trunks, walls, and fences in gardens, waste spaces, and wild habitats.
The woodland and scrub communities of the NVC were described in Volume 1 of British Plant Communities, first published in 1991.. In total, 25 woodland/scrub communities have been identified, consisting of 19 woodland communities, four communities classed as scrub and 2 as underscrub.
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The island Hedera of Macaronesia in the eastern Atlantic, northern African Hedera and European Hedera are closely related species. Until recently it was thought there was a single species (Hedera helix), but recent studies have shown that there are several species that differ mainly by microscopic details of the hairiness of the buds.
Hedera iberica is a species of ivy (genus Hedera) which is native to the western Iberian peninsula (Portugal and southwest Spain), and northern Morocco. It was formerly classified as a sub-species named Hedera maderensis iberica in Hedera maderensis (K. Koch ex A. Rutherf). [1] The Iberian subspecies was subsequently classified as a distinct ...
Hedera colchica is a species of ivy (genus Hedera) which is native to the Middle East.It is commonly called Persian ivy [1] or colchis ivy. [2] It is an evergreen climbing plant, growing to 30 m high where suitable surfaces (trees, cliffs, walls) are available, and also growing as ground cover where there are no vertical surfaces.
Hedera rhombea, the Japanese ivy or songak, is a species of ivy [2] in the Araliaceae family native to East Asia. It is native to Japan, the Korean Peninsula, the Ryukyu Islands , and Taiwan , [ 1 ] where it is common on rocky slopes and growing up the trunks of trees , especially in laurel forest , a type of cloud forest .