§1 Plant
Hedera helix L.
vernacular English ivy — species · Araliaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Vine
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Araliaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Hedera
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Introduced
- HI Hawaii Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
§2b
County-level range
· 224 counties across 27 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- Low
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- High
- Salinity
- Low
- Anaerobic
- None
- CaCO₃
- Medium
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -23 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 160 min.
- Precipitation
- 28–65 in/yr
- pH range
- 5.2–7.8
- Root depth
- 12 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Stoloniferous
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Long
- Mature height
- 5 ft
- Foliage texture
- Coarse
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Porous
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Fire resistant
- Yes
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Late Spring
- Spread rate
- None
- Stratify
- No
- Propagation
- cuttings, bare root, container
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- Yes
- Browse palatability
- Low
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- No
- Protein potential
- Low
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 224 counties across 27 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 1 I ▾
California view state ↗ 15 I ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Florida view state ↗ 6 I ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 4 I ▾
Hawaii view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 19 I ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 26 I ▾
- Allen 22003
- Bienville 22013
- Caldwell 22021
- Claiborne 22027
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Feliciana 22037
- Franklin 22041
- Iberia 22045
- Iberville 22047
- Lincoln 22061
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Rapides 22079
- Sabine 22085
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Tensas 22107
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Carroll 22123
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Massachusetts view state ↗ 4 I ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 2 I ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 13 I ▾
New York view state ↗ 10 I ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 4 I ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 7 I ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 15 I ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 11 I ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 9 I ▾
Texas view state ↗ 10 I ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 35 I ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Amherst 51009
- Arlington 51013
- Campbell 51031
- Caroline 51033
- Charles City 51036
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Fluvanna 51065
- Gloucester 51073
- Hanover 51085
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- King William 51101
- Loudoun 51107
- Mathews 51115
- Middlesex 51119
- Nelson 51125
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Orange 51137
- Prince George 51149
- Prince William 51153
- Richmond 51159
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- York 51199
Washington view state ↗ 18 I ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 2 I ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/HEHE ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/8351737 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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