Climbing Vines

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poison-ivy form

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may be present as a low (6 to 18 inches), spreading "carpet" on the forest floor, as a climbing vine, or as a bush

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poison-ivy lab 5

• trifoliate; sometimes serrated, turn red in fall
  
• also has long, extended petiole

Hint 2

lab 5

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poison-ivy lab 5

very thick tendrils that could form a mat

Hint 3

lab 5

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poison-ivy lab 5

• brown naked bud
• really long twigs

Hint 4

lab 5

Front 5

Japanese honeysuckle form

Back 5

• scrambling, twisting climbing vine with no tendrils or aerial roots (vs. climbing hydrangea which has aerial roots)
• forms dense thickets in bushes and trees and sprawls along the ground
  

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Japanese honeysuckle lab 5

woody, climbing vine with semi-evergreen, opposite leaves

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Japanese honeysuckle lab 5

when mature, bark is tan and shreddy

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kudzu form

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high climbing vine, very often completely covers trees and forms "kudzu sculptures"

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kudzu lab 5

• trifoliate leaves that may have lobes or not
  
• forms mounds..."kudzu structures"
• extremely hairy leaf undersides and rachises

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kudzu lab 5

tendrils at the nodes

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kudzu lab 5

purple to red flowers with grape-like smell

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kudzu lab 5

bark gets to be brown and forms tiny, square-like scales

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trumpet creeper form

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• scrambling, climbing vine that develops tangles along fencerows and shrubs
• likes edges and disturbed areas
  

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trumpet creeper lab 6

• compound, opposite
• 7-15 leaflets that are coarsely serrated and dentate in shape

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trumpet creeper lab 6

6-8 inch bean capsule

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crossvine form

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• high-climbing vine
  
• rooted at nodes
• climbing tendrils

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crossvine lab 6

• evergreen, opposite, compound leaf with only 2 leaflets (may appear as 4 leaves)
• tendrils stemming from where petiole forks and tendrils themselves are forked

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crossvine lab 6

long (4-7 inches), slender, brown capsules that are in pairs of two

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Virginia creeper form

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• climbing vine that may provide ground cover or ascend to fifty feet
• sprouts aerial roots above ground
  

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Virginia creeper lab 6

• palmately compound leaf
• pubescent leaves and petioles (not as hairy as kudzu)

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Virginia creeper lab 6

tendrils at nodes

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climbing hydrangea form

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• a woody, climbing vine, reaching heights of 40 feet
• grows up like poison-ivy
• stems become covered in aerial roots (J. honeysuckle does not have aerial roots)
  

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climbing hydrangea lab 7

• opposite; deciduous (Jap. honeysuckle semi-evergreen)

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climbing hydrangea lab 7

red, pointed bud

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greenbriar form

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• climbing vine that may form mats
• climbs with tendrils
  

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greenbriar lab 9

• oblong to narrowly chordate leaves with entire margins
• parallel venation
  

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greenbriar lab 9

• twigs green with prickles
• bark green to greenish brown
  

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muscadine grape form

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• high-climbing vine with tendrils
• grows on ground or may grow up on trees
  

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muscadine grape

chordate to orbicular leaves with coarsely serrated margins

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muscadine grape

twig has tendrils occurring opposite to leaves

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muscadine grape

smooth, dark greenish bark later developing vertical grooves