Common Ivy, English Ivy
Lierre
Native to most of Europe and western Asia
Juvenile stage is the climbing/spreading stage in which plants produce thick, 5-lobed leaves on non-flowering stems. Adult stage is the shrubby non-climbing stage with unlobed, cordate leaves, and round umbrella-like clusters of greenish white flowers in early fall, followed by blue-black berries.
The flowers are very rich in nectar, an important late autumn food source for bees and other insects. The purple-black berries ripen in late winter, providing an important food source for many birds.
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| Top row: Juvenile leaf, Bottom row: Adult leaf |
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| In flower |
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| Hedge along a lane, Lacoste, 9.16.14 |
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| Rootlets |
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| Berries |
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| Dr. Otto Wilhelm Thomé illustration, 1885 |
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