ABSTRACT

Plant Description Consisting of some 10-15 species that are native to North America and Asia, Parthenocissus are perennial, deciduous, woody vines, with tendrils with terminal pads that enable the creeper to climb on walls, trees, and fences. The leaves are palmate, compound with 5 leaflets that are serrate. The leaves turn bright red in the Fall. Small greenish flowers are produced in paniculate cymes. Fruits are blue to black berries with 1-4 seeds (Figures 301 and 302).