Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Virginia Creeper, Five-leaved Ivy at Watson, ACT
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| Parthenocissus quinquefolia | Tapirlord | 24 Feb 2025 | |
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| Parthenocissus quinquefolia | MPW | 24 Feb 2025 |
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Significant sighting
waltraud noted:
28 Sep 2025
this frequently used as screening plant in gardens was thought to be unable to spread and establish because of the low temperatures of Canberra winters; one of the few records for ACT, new for the Mts Majura Ainslie reserves.
User's notes
Exotic, invasive Creeping vine with compound palmate leaf, growing underneath Cherry Ballarat tree. Hard to trace all vines. Treated with Glyphosate. All vine pieces,nodes, suckers taken off-site to prevent regrowth from lateral roots. 1st sighting of this species at this location (the Fair, Watson, ACT 2602), according to Waltraud ( Personal coms).
1 comment
25 Feb 2025
Thank you Max; so important to record these invasive plants which are new to this part of the nature reserve spreading from the gardens and public roads. I consider the nature reserve east of the Fair a show case for weed invasion from urban fringe since we can fairly accurately time the planting such as Callery Pear etc.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.168000-35.228661
- Maps Mount Majura
- Places Watson, ACT
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 24 Feb 2025 10:44 AM Recorded on
- MPW Recorded by
- 10cm to 30cm Plant height
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- MPW NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Climbers Climbers & Mistletoes Plants Parthenocissus quinquefolia Significant
Species information
- Parthenocissus quinquefolia Scientific name
- Virginia Creeper, Five-leaved Ivy Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Minor weed or pest
- Up to 740.4m Recorded at altitude
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