Ivy
Ivy en masse
Flower umbel
Side view of umbel
Flower - 5 stamens, single style
Close-up - front view
Fruits
Pointed leaves of flowering shoots
Ivy-shaped leaves of non-flowering shoots
Attaching roots
Bee on flowerhead
Hedera helix
Araliaceae
September to November
It is found hroughout the country.
See the BSBI distribution map for Ivy
Ivy grows as a climber in woods, scrub, hedges, walls, rocks
and cliffs, and spreads over the ground in open woodland.
Ivy is a native, evergreen, perennial woody climber, growing up
to 30m.
It attaches by tiny rootlets.
The leaves on flowering shoots are broad and pointed.
Those on non-flowering shoots are the classical 5-lobed ivy shape.
The leaves are usually dark green and rather leathery, but they
can be pale green, purple and patterned.
The flowers are in umbels.
Each flower is green, has 5 widely-spaced stamens with yellow
anthers, and a central stigma.
The fruits are round, initially green, turning purple then black.
In September and October the mass of ivy flowers is covered
in bees, wasps and other insects.
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Ivy en masse
Flower umbel
Side view of umbel
Flower - 5 stamens, single style
Close-up - front view
Fruits
Pointed leaves of flowering shoots
Ivy-shaped leaves of non-flowering shoots
Attaching roots
Bee on flowerhead
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