What is Common ivy?
{{Italic title}} {{taxobox |name = ''Hedera helix'' | image = Hedera helix1.JPG | image_caption = Adult leaves and fruit |regnum = [[Plantae]] |unranked_divisio = [[Angiosperms]] |unranked_classis = [[Eudicots]] |unranked_ordo = [[Asterids]] |ordo = [[Apiales]] |familia = [[Araliaceae]] |genus = ''[[Hedera]]'' |species = '''''H. helix''''' |binomial = ''Hedera helix'' |binomial_authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|L.]] }} '''Common Ivy''' (''Hedera helix'') is a [[vine]]. It is [[evergreen]] - it does not lose its [[leaf|leaves]] in winter. Originally, the plant grew on the [[Macaronesia|Macaronesian islands]], but it spread through the [[Mediterranean]] and [[Europe]] to [[Asia]]. All parts of the plant are [[poison]]ous. It is often used as a decorative plant in [[garden]]s. Ivy is very important for [[ecology]]: its [[nectar]] and [[seed]]s are available when few other plants are. Sometimes ivy is considered to be an [[invasive species]], esp. in [[North America]]. ==Other websites== {{commons-inline|Hedera helix}} *[http://www.weedbusters.org.nz/weed_info/detail.asp?WeedID=99 ''Hedera helix''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415013844/http://www.weedbusters.org.nz/weed_info/detail.asp?WeedID=99 |date=2012-04-15 }} at Weedbusters (New Zealand) *[http://www.portlandoregon.gov/parks/article/393661 The Know Ivy League] at the City of Portland, Park & Recreation Bureau website <!-- bibliography, with abstracts --> {{Taxonbar|from=Q26354}} {{Authority control}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Vines]] [[Category:Araliaceae]]