Family: Vitaceae
Author: (L.) Planch.
Bibliography: A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 5: 448 (1887)
Year: 1887
Status: accepted
Rank: species
Genus: Parthenocissus
Vegetable: False
Observations: SE. Canada to El Salvador, Bermuda to Cuba
Description
Woodbine, scientifically known as Parthenocissus quinquefolia, is a perennial climbing vine notable for its aesthetic appeal and adaptability. As a member of the Vitaceae family, it is closely related to grapevines. This plant was thoroughly studied and classified in the notable work “Monographie Phanérogamie” authored by A.L.P.P.de Candolle and A.C.P.de Candolle, with its detailed description appearing in volume five, page 448, in 1887. Additionally, the taxonomic authority for this species is attributed to (L.) Planch.
Native to a wide geographical expanse, Woodbine can be found thriving from southeastern Canada through to El Salvador and from Bermuda to Cuba. It’s often appreciated for its vigorous growth and the striking foliage that can transform walls, fences, and trellises into lush, green tapestries. Woodbine’s leaves are typically composed of five leaflets, giving rise to one of its common names, “Five-leaved ivy.”
In its natural habitat, Woodbine is highly adaptable, capable of flourishing in diverse growing conditions. This resilience makes it a popular choice for gardeners seeking to cover large areas with minimal maintenance. The plant’s ability to adhere to surfaces through tiny adhesive discs on its tendrils allows it to climb vertically with ease, providing vertical greenery that can enhance the visual appeal of both urban and rural landscapes.
Moreover, during the autumn months, Woodbine’s leaves undergo a dramatic transformation, turning vibrant shades of red and orange before they drop, adding a burst of color to the fall scenery. In addition to its visual appeal, this species also provides ecological benefits, including serving as a habitat and food source for various wildlife species.
Parthenocissus quinquefolia remains a prominent feature in horticulture and landscape architecture due to its robustness and versatility. Whether for aesthetic enhancement or ecological contribution, Woodbine continues to be a valued plant in both cultivated and natural environments.
Common Names
Eng: american ivy, american-ivy, five-leaf-ivy, fiveleaved ivy, virginia creeper, virginia-creeper, woodbine, five-leaved ivy
Deu: fuenffingerige jungfernrebe, haftender wilder wein, selbstkletternde jungfernrebe, wilder wein, gewöhnliche jungfernrebe
Dan: klatre-vildvin, klatrevin
Lit: penkiaskiautis vynvytis
Spa: ubi colorado
Fra: vigne-vierge, vigne-vierge à cinq folioles, vigne vierge vraie, vigne vierge à cinq folioles, ampélopside vigne-vierge, parthénocisse à cinq folioles, vigne grimpante, vigne vierge, vigne-vierge grimpante
Est: harilik metsviinapuu
Swe: klättervildvin, klättervin
Ces: loubinec pětilistý, pavini
Lav: pieclapiņu mežvīns
Hun: tapadó vadszőlő
Por: trepadeira-da-vírginia, vinha-virgem-da-víginia
Nld: vijfbladige wingerd
Tur: amerikan sarmasigi
Cym: dringwr fflamgoch
Nob: klatrevillvin
Nno: klatrevillvin
En: Woodbine, Virginia-creeper, Five-leaf-ivy, American-ivy, Virginia creeper, American ivy, Fiveleaved ivy, Five-leaved ivy
Hy: Կուսախաղող հնգատերև
Az: Beşləçəkli qızüzümü
Be: Дзявочы вінаград пяцілісточкавы
Bg: Дива лоза
Ca: Heura de Virgínia
Zh: 五叶地锦
Hr: Petolisna lozika
Cs: Loubinec pětilistý, Přísavník pětilistý, Pavini
Da: Klatre-Vildvin, Klatrevin
Nl: Vijfbladige wingerd
Et: Harilik metsviinapuu
Fi: Imukärhivilliviini
Fr: Vigne vierge vraie, Vigne vierge à cinq folioles, Vigne-vierge, Vigne-vierge à cinq folioles, Ampélopside vigne-vierge, Parthénocisse à cinq folioles, Vigne grimpante, Vigne vierge, Vigne-vierge grimpante, Vigne vierge à cinq feuilles
De: Wilder Wein, Gewöhnliche Jungfernrebe, Fünfblättrige Jungfernrebe, Selbstkletternde Jungfernrebe, Fuenffingerige Jungfernrebe, Haftender Wilder Wein
He: גפנית מחומשת
Hu: Tapadó vadszőlő
Io: Ampelopso
Ga: Athair Virginia
It: Vite americana, Vite del Canada comune, Vite della Virginia
Ja: Amerika-zuta
Lv: Pieclapiņu mežvīns
Li: Penkialapis vynvytis
Lt: Penkialapis vynvytis, Penkiaskiautis vynvytis
Nv: Láʼashdlaʼ
No: Klatre-villvin
Nb: Klatrevillvin
Nn: Klatrevillvin
Fa: پارتنکیسوس کوینکوئفولیا
Pl: Winobluszcz pięciolistkowy
Pt: Trepadeira-da-vírginia, Vinha-virgem-da-víginia
Ro: Viță canadiană
Ru: Де́вичий виногра́д пятилисто́чковый
Sr: Petolisni bršljan
Sk: Pavinič päťlistý, Pavinič popínavý
Es: Ubi colorado, Parra virgen, Viña virgen
Sv: Klättervildvin, Klättervin
Zh-tw: 五葉地錦
Th: เถาคันแดง
Zh-hant: 五葉地錦
Tr: Amerikan sarmasigi
Cy: Dringwr fflamgoch
Synonyms
- Ampelopsis latifolia (Tausch)
- Ampelopsis saint-paulii ((Koehne & Graebn.) Rehder)
- Ampelopsis quinquefolia var. radicantissima (Rehder)
- Ampelopsis quinquefolia var. hirsuta ((Pursh) Torr. & A.Gray)
- Ampelopsis quinquefolia var. murorum (Rehder)
- Ampelopsis quinquefolia var. angustifolia (Dippel)
- Ampelopsis quinquefolia var. graebneri (Rehder)
- Ampelopsis quinquefolia ((L.) Michx.)
- Parthenocissus quinquefolia var. minor ((Graebn.) Rehder)
- Parthenocissus dumetorum ((Focke) Rehder)
- Parthenocissus radicantissima (Koehne & Graebn.)
- Cissus hirsuta (Steud.)
- Ampelopsis radicantissima f. minor ((Graebn.) Schelle)
- Parthenocissus hederacea ((Ehrh.) Druce)
- Ampelopsis radicantissima var. engelmannii ((S.Watson) Schelle)
- Ampelopsis graebneri (Bolle)
- Psedera quinquefolia var. hirsuta ((Pursh) Rehder)
- Quinaria hirsuta (Raf.)
- Parthenocissus engelmannii (Koehne & Graebn.)
- Ampelopsis engelmannii ((Koehne & Graebn.) Rehder)
- Parthenocissus quinquefolia var. hirsuta ((Pursh) Planch.)
- Ampelopsis muralis ((Graebn.) Lengerken)
- Parthenocissus spaethii (Koehne & Graebn.)
- Ampelopsis virginiana (Dippel)
- Parthenocissus radicantissima var. minor (Graebn.)
- Ampelopsis hederacea var. murorum (Focke)
- Parthenocissus quinquefolia var. saint-paulii ((Koehne & Graebn.) Rehder)
- Parthenocissus hirsuta ((Pursh) Graebn.)
- Quinaria radicantissima (Koehne)
- Parthenocissus muralis var. minor (Graebn.)
- Ampelocissus cirrhata (Voss)
- Vitis pubescens ((Schltdl.) Miq.)
- Ampelopsis roylei (Dippel)
- Ampelopsis quinquefolia var. latifolia (Dippel)
- Cissus hederacea var. hirsuta (Pursh)
- Ampelopsis quinquefolia var. pubescens (L.H.Bailey)
- Ampelopsis hederacea var. minor (Schelle)
- Ampelopsis quinquefolia var. dumetorum (Rehder)
- Ampelopsis radicantissima ((Koehne & Graebn.) Beissn., Schelle & Zabel)
- Parthenocissus pubescens ((Schltdl.) Graebn.)
- Parthenocissus quinquefolia f. minor ((Graebn.) Rehder)
- Vitis quinquefolia var. hirsuta ((Pursh) Bean)
- Ampelopsis quinquefolia var. heptaphylla (A.Gray)
- Ampelopsis quinquefolia var. spaethii ((Koehne & Graebn.) Schelle)
- Parthenocissus quinquefolia f. engelmannii ((Koehne & Graebn.) Rehder)
- Ampelocissus serrata (Voss)
- Ampelopsis pubescens (Schltdl.)
- Parthenocissus dumetorum var. laciniata (Rehder)
- Parthenocissus graebneri ((Bolle) Graebn.)
- Ampelopsis radicantissima var. saint-paulii ((Koehne & Graebn.) Schelle)
- Quinaria hederacea (Raf.)
- Parthenocissus quinquefolia f. hirsuta ((Pursh) Fernald)
- Ampelopsis radicantissima var. graebneri ((Bolle) Schelle)
- Ampelopsis hederacea (DC.)
- Vitis inserta var. hirsuta (Planch.)
- Psedera quinquefolia var. minor ((Schelle) Rehder)
- Psedera hirsuta ((Pursh) Greene)
- Parthenocissus saint-paulii (Koehne & Graebn.)
- Psedera quinquefolia ((L.) Greene)
- Ampelopsis hederacea var. dumetorum (Focke)
- Parthenocissus quinquefolia var. typica (Planch.)
- Parthenocissus quinquefolia var. murorum ((Focke) Rehder)
- Vitis inserta (A.Kern.)
- Psedera quinquefolia var. murorum ((Focke) Rehder)
- Parthenocissus inserta ((A.Kern.) Fritsch)
- Ampelocissus tricolor (Voss)
- Parthenocissus muralis (Graebn.)
- Ampelocissus major (Voss)
- Ampelopsis quinquefolia var. laciniata (A.Gray)
- Quinaria quinquefolia ((L.) Koehne)
- Ampelopsis hirsuta ((Pursh) Donn ex Schult.)
Distribution
- Alabama (native)
- Arkansas (native)
- Bahamas (native)
- Bermuda (native)
- Connecticut (native)
- Cuba (native)
- Delaware (native)
- District of Columbia (native)
- El Salvador (native)
- Florida (native)
- Georgia (native)
- Guatemala (native)
- Illinois (native)
- Indiana (native)
- Iowa (native)
- Kansas (native)
- Kentucky (native)
- Louisiana (native)
- Maine (native)
- Maryland (native)
- Masachusettes (native)
- Mexico Central (native)
- Mexico Gulf (native)
- Mexico Northeast (native)
- Mexico Northwest (native)
- Mexico Southeast (native)
- Mexico Southwest (native)
- Michigan (native)
- Minnesota (native)
- Mississippi (native)
- Missouri (native)
- Nebraska (native)
- New Hampshire (native)
- New Jersey (native)
- New York (native)
- North Carolina (native)
- Ohio (native)
- Oklahoma (native)
- Ontario (native)
- Pennsylvania (native)
- Québec (native)
- Rhode I. (native)
- Saskatchewan (native)
- South Carolina (native)
- South Dakota (native)
- Tennessee (native)
- Texas (native)
- Vermont (native)
- Virginia (native)
- West Virginia (native)
- Wisconsin (native)
- Albania (introduced)
- Algeria (introduced)
- Austria (introduced)
- Central European Rus (introduced)
- China North-Central (introduced)
- China South-Central (introduced)
- China Southeast (introduced)
- Colorado (introduced)
- Czechoslovakia (introduced)
- East Aegean Is. (introduced)
- East European Russia (introduced)
- Germany (introduced)
- Great Britain (introduced)
- Greece (introduced)
- Hungary (introduced)
- Kazakhstan (introduced)
- Korea (introduced)
- Montana (introduced)
- Netherlands (introduced)
- New Brunswick (introduced)
- Nova Scotia (introduced)
- Primorye (introduced)
- Prince Edward I. (introduced)
- Romania (introduced)
- Rwanda (introduced)
- Sicilia (introduced)
- South European Russi (introduced)
- Switzerland (introduced)
- Tadzhikistan (introduced)
- Tunisia (introduced)
- Utah (introduced)
- Uzbekistan (introduced)
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Sources
- WFO (No URL)
- IPNI (No URL)
- GBIF (https://www.gbif.org/species/3039194)
- POWO (http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:184091-2)
- PlantNet (https://identify.plantnet.org/species/the-plant-list/Parthenocissus quinquefolia (L.) Planch.)
Specifications
Growth form: Stoloniferous
Growth habit: Vine
Growth rate: Rapid
Growth
Ph maximum: 7.5
Ph minimum: 5.0
Light: 7
Atmospheric humidity: 5
Soil nutriments: 7