Virginia Creeper

Parthenocissus quinquefolia

Tendril-climbing, woody vine

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Leaves: compound-palmate (usually 5 saw-toothed leaflets, each leaflet to 6” long, purplish in spring, dull green in summer, change to purple and crimson in fall

June 25, 2017, Photo by Lisa Gould
Photo by Liz West  CC BY 2.0.

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June 25, 2017
Photo by Lisa Gould

Flowers: greenish white in the upper leaf axils, often hidden

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Ripening fruit, June 25, 2017
Photo by Lisa Lofland Gould

Fruit: blue-black berries, to 3/8” diameter, often hidden

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