PLANTS Profile for Hedera helix (English ivy)

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PLANTS Profile

Hedera helix L.
English ivy

Symbol:

HEHE

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Araliaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Vine

Native Status:

L48		I
HI		I
CAN		I

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Hedera helix L.

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Distribution:
Hedera helix L.


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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AL, AR, AZ, CA, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MO, MS, NC, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WV), CAN (BC)

Related Taxa:
Hedera helix L.

View 18 genera in Araliaceae, 4 species in Hedera or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Hedera helix ssp. canariensis
Algerian ivy

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Hedera helix L.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Apiales
Family	Araliaceae – Ginseng family
Genus	Hedera L. – ivy
Species	Hedera helix L. – English ivy

Noxious Weed Information:
Hedera helix L.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete noxious weed list for that location, or click here for a composite list of all Federal and State Noxious Weeds.

Oregon:
English ivy		"B" designated weed
English ivy		Quarantine
Washington:
English ivy		Class C noxious weed1

1 only cultivars 'Baltica', 'Pittsburgh', 'Star'

U.S. Weed Information:
Hedera helix L.

English ivy

This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

STATE		Assorted authors. 200_. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
Cal-IPC		California Invasive Plant Council. 2006. California Invasive Plant Inventory. Cal-IPC Publication 2006-02 (February 2007). California Invasive Plant Council. Berkeley, California.
SEEPPC		Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council. 1996. Invasive exotic pest plants in Tennessee (19 October 1999). Research Committee of the Tennessee Exotic Pest Plant Council. Tennessee.
WI		Hoffman, R. & K. Kearns (eds.). 1997. Wisconsin manual of control recommendations for ecologically invasive plants. Wisconsin Dept. Natural Resources. Madison, Wisconsin. 102pp.

Introduced Information:
Hedera helix L.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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