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Hedera helix

Flowering Plants

Hedera helix, commonly called ivy, common ivy or English ivy, is a clinging evergreen vine in the family Araliaceae, native to most of Europe and parts of western Asia. It climbs using aerial rootlets with matted pads that cling strongly to trees, cliffs and walls, reaching 20 to 30 meters where a vertical surface is available, or spreading as groundcover where none exists; its alternate leaves, 50 to 100 millimeters long, come in two forms, five-lobed on climbing juvenile stems and unlobed and heart-shaped on fertile flowering stems. Small greenish-yellow flowers rich in nectar appear from late summer to late autumn, followed by purple-black to orange-yellow berries 6 to 8 millimeters across that ripen in late winter. Valued within its native range as an ornamental plant that attracts wildlife, it has become invasive in parts of Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States, and is listed as Least Concern by the IUCN. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
Diet
Photosynthetic Autotroph 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 2
Relationship to People
Agricultural or Structural Pest 3
Relationship to People
Invasive or Introduced Species 3
Comparison
NatureServe Rank
GNR Unranked 4
CITES Appendix
Not Listed 5
Scientific Name
Hedera helix 2
Conservation Status
Least Concern 3
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Plantae, Taxa
Source Hedera helix (Wikidata)

In Biome

Temperate Forest, Biomes
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Albania

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Australia

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Austria

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Belarus

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Belgium

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Bulgaria

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Denmark

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East Africa

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France

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Georgia

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Germany

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Greece

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Hungary

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Ireland

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Italy

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Morocco

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Netherlands

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North America

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Norway

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Poland

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Portugal

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Romania

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Spain

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Sweden

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Switzerland

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Ukraine

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Sources
1. Plant (Wikipedia)
Lead, whole group is photosynthetic
Quote, Lead, whole group is photosynthetic
They are predominantly photosynthetic or came from photosynthetic ancestors, meaning that they obtain their energy from sunlight by using the green pigment chlorophyll in their chloroplasts to produce sugars from carbon dioxide and water.
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2. Hedera helix (Wikidata)
Wikidata
  • Wikidata Q26354 (P225 taxon name)
  • Statements section, habitat (P2974): Terrestrial
    Wikidata habitat statement (P2974) resolves to a terrestrial habitat type.
  • Child Taxon Of: Plantae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
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3. Hedera helix (Wikipedia)
  • Conservation status (IUCN Red List category stated in entity description)
    parts of Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States, and is listed as Least Concern by the IUCN.
  • Lead
    Ivy is common as an ornamental plant, but escaped plants become naturalised outside its native range.
  • Cultivation
    It is a fast-growing, self-clinging climber that is capable of causing damage to brickwork, guttering, etc., and hiding potentially serious structural faults, as well as harbouring unwelcome pests.
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4. NatureServe Explorer: Hedera helix
NatureServe ExplorerGlobal rank (roundedGRank)
Quote, Global rank (roundedGRank)
"roundedGRank": "GNR"
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5. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Apiales
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12433
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12433
"cites_listing":"II/NC","eu_listing":"B/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Plantae","phylum":null,"class":null,"order":"Apiales","family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[],"cites_listings":[]
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UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Araliaceae
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12473
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12473
"cites_listing":"II/NC","eu_listing":"B/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Plantae","phylum":null,"class":null,"order":"Apiales","family":"Araliaceae"},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[{"name":"Ginseng","language":"ES"},{"name":"Ginseng","language":"FR"},{"name":"Ginseng","language":"EN"},{"name":"五加科","language":"ZH"}],"cites_listings":[]
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Plants For A Future: Hedera helix
Plants For A FutureIn Biome: Temperate Forest, Habitats
Quote, In Biome: Temperate Forest, Habitats
Woodlands, hedges and shady places, climbing up trees, walls etc and clambering over the ground ... Found on all types of soils
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