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Parthenocissus quinquefolia ~ virginia creeper

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Characteristics:

FAC
Michigan C Value: 5
leaves typical 5
can be 6–7
palmately compound
purple grapes
climbs from branched roots with flat sucking disc on end
non–shining leaf, hairy and dull
has aerial roots
some of leaves on climbing shoots can be trifoliate and confused w/ poison ivy
more common in river bottoms than P. inserta
more of a forest plant than P. inserta
native

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