Ontario Weeds: Virginia creeper
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Excerpt from Publication 505, Ontario Weeds,
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Name: Virginia creeper, Parthenocissus
spp.,
Other Names: vigne vierge, parthénocisse
Family: Cashew Family (Anacardiaceae)
General Description: A climbing vine
with compound leaves, occasionally has some leaves with only 3 leaflets,
but usually there are 5, and its fruits are soft and bluish.
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Caution: Although this plant is not poisonous to touch, as is Poison-ivy, its blue grape-like berries are poisonous if eaten.
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