![]() The Virginia creeper has a pale brown stem, with non-flaking bark. The berries of the False creeper grown in a “dichotomously branched bunch” (which seems to mean there’s no clear central axis) but I think it’d be tough to tell them apart by fruit alone. Both species have blue-black berries, borne on a stem flushed red. The fruit aren’t much help to us, to be honest. Both species have flowers with creamy yellow anthers. With the False creeper, the flowers are smaller, less green, and have strongly reflexed petals. With Virginia creeper, there are more flowers per cluster, and they come from a clearly defined central stalk. the former has coarse teeth, the latter has sharper dentition.įlowers of both species are small and greenish, in fact, you may never have noticed them. False Virginia creeper leaves are a brighter and shinier green, and are glabrous (hairless) underneath. Virginia creeper leaves are a dull green, with hairs on the underside and on the veins. With the former, these have hairy leaf stalks. Virginia creeper and False Virginia creeper both have palmate leaves, made from five leaflets. Virginia creeper above and False Virginia creeper below Coupled with this, their berries are poisonous and may cause blistering and rashes.īut how can you tell these two similar species apart? They are also classed as an invasive plant species in the UK as they can swamp trees and bushes. They’re vigorous climbers, deciduous, perennial, and develop woody stems. ![]() They are favourites with gardeners, who train them to grow up walls of houses and pubs where they give cover and autumn colour. ![]() Virginia creeper Parthenocissus quinquefolia and False Virginia creeper Parthenocissus inserta are common and decorative. ![]()
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