Virginia Creeper
(Parthenocissus quinquefolia)
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Growing habits: High-climbing, deciduous, perennial woody vine
Root anatomy: Fibrous roots from taproot, develops large woody rootstock
Leaf anatomy: Leaves alternately arranged, palmately compound, petiolate, 3-7 leaflets but averaging 5, ovate-elliptic or obovate, many tendrils with adhesive disks
Reproduction: Inflorescences panicles of cymes in terminal and upper stem axils, hundreds of flowers, 5 petals, separate, yellow-green
References: Weeds of the South by Charles T. Bryson and Michael S. DeFelice