Climbing Vines

Common Name	Scientific Name	Details	Photos
Coral or Trumpet Honeysuckle	Lonicera sempervirens	You cannot miss this bright red flower in the late spring. Found scattered in the park woods (April-May).
English Ivy	Hedera helix	The chronic headache of Peabody Park, English Ivy was planted as an ornamental around the campus buildings. This very agressive vine chokes out the more gentle native species. The Biology Dept hosts a Ivy Pull every spring to try to keep some control over its growth, but some areas are almost completely covered.
Frost Grape	Vitis vulpina	Vine appearing throughout park, most noticably along the streams in the fields. Very attractive to bees of all types.
Greenbriar, Catbrier	Smilax spp.	A large a difficult genus of thorny vines, found in the park woods and in thickets. Most common is Smilax rotundifolia (April).
Japanese Honeysuckle	Lanicera japonica	Another invasive vine found throughout the park woods. Very fragrent when in bloom (March-May).
Morning Glory	Ipomoca panduata	Although more well known from its garden cultivars, this common flower is found in the wild, and can be spotted in a few locations in our park woods.
Poison Ivy	Rhus radicans	Common along the disturbed edges of the park woods. Clearly identified by 3 asymetrical leaves at the terminal end of each branch (May).
Virginia creeper	Parthenocissus rotundiflora	Common climbing vine on park margins, often confused with poison ivy, but has 5 radiating leaves.
Wisteria	Wisteria sinensis	An ornamental,invasive, non-native vine. It has beautiful clusters of fragrant purple flowers in the spring. Can be aggressive and kill native species (April).