Virginia Creeper, Woodbine               par-then-o-SIS-us kwin-ke-FO-lee-a

• Deciduous vine, 30-50+ ft (9-15 m).  Leaves alternate, compound, palmate, 5-leaflets (quinque = 5), some 3, each leaflet stalked and 4-10 cm long, coarsely and often crenately serrate, foliage dark green in summer, purple-red and crimson in fall.  Blue-black fruit in fall.  Adhesive tips at tendril ends for attachment.
• Sun to shade, tolerate of any kind of soil and pollution, salt, and windy conditions.  Difficult to kill.
• Hardy to USDA Zone 3     Native range from New England to Florida and Mexico, west to Missouri.
• Corvallis: 221 16th St.