VITACEAE

Parthenocissus tricuspidata - Boston Ivy

Leaves - Alternate, simple, slender stalked, 3-lobed, 4 to 8 inches wide (occasionally partly 3-foliate)
             and dark glossy green above.

Flowers - Inconspicuous, greenish, small in bunched clusters in July to August.

Fruit - Bluish-black globular and berry-like, September into October and about 1/4 inch in diameter.

Growth Habit - High climbing vine, with tendrils that have discs.

             YOUNG HABIT                                                               MATURE HABIT                                                                          WINTER TEXTURE

                         LEAF                                                                                          FALL COLOR                                                                   TWIGS