Species: Atlantic Ivy (Hedera hibernica)

Family: Ivies (ARALIACEAE)

Category: Flowering Plants

Location: NW

A. Flowering Plants

More extensive information on flowering plants can be found in a separate blog post.

B. Ivies (ARALIACEAE)

The one member of this family native to the UK is the familiar common ivy, but it has many members in southeast Asia, where it is known as the ginseng family.

C. Atlantic Ivy (Hedera hibernica)

Unlike our native ivy, the leaves of this introduced ivy are not pointed, but broad with short terminal lobes.

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Atlantic Ivy

Unlike our native ivy, the leaves of this introduced ivy are not pointed, but broad with short terminal lobes.