*Hedera helix Linnaeus. Common name: Common Ivy, English Ivy. Phenology: Jun-Jul. Habitat: Persistent, established, and spreading around old home sites, in suburban woodlands and waste areas. Distribution: Native of Europe.
Origin/Endemic status: Europe
Taxonomy Comments: Var. helix is diploid, n = 24. Hundreds of cultivars, varying greatly in habit and leaf size, lobing, and marbling are grown; see for instance, Staff of the Bailey Hortorium (1976) for a partial listing and brief descriptions.
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, Can, F, Fl7, FNA13, G, Il, K4, NcTx, Pa, RAB, S, S13, Tn, Va, W, WH3; = n/a — Tat; > Hedera helix L. ssp. helix — NY, Ackerfield & Wen (2002), Frodin & Govaerts (2003), Green, Ramsey, & Ramsey (2011), Stace (2010); > Hedera helix L. var. helix — Mo2, Graham (1966), Staff of the Bailey Hortorium (1976). Basionym: Hedera helix L. 1753
Links to other floras: = Hedera helix - FNA13
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Great Plains: UPL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Midwest: UPL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Northcentral & Northeast: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
Heliophily ⓘ: 4
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