Mystery Vine!
I've been trying to figure out what this perennial vine is -- it grows in half a dozen yards in Newark, NY, though I've almost never seen it elsewhere. It also has lovely white flowers late in the spring or early summer, if that helps anyone identify it!
posted by Tracy Logan @ 10:17 PM
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The vine is known in some areas as the Virgina Creeper. Other view it as a weed.
I also left the first comment. We have the vines in the southern part of Ontario, Canada. In fact my sister-in-law has one. I am a writer and contribute to the Free Speaker Group Canada blogs.
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Hey, thanks! I checked out the Virginia Creeper idea, and it appears to be a different beastie -- "pinnately compound" leaves with spade-shaped leaflets, while the Mystery Vine has large, non-compound heart-shaped leaves. I'll try to get a closeup of the leaf to help ID it.
Here's a link to a page with a better description of the Virginia Creeper I'm thinking of, along with a note that it's often confused with Poison Ivy because of the leaflet's shape, probably by people who don't take the time to count how many leaflets it has before running away!
Looks like the Latin name for it notes the leaflet count -- Parthenocissus quinquefolia. Thanks again, and let me know if you think of anything else!
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