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common ivy

Hedera helix

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 12,625, February 9,324, March 14,609, April 22,983, May 33,138, June 36,135, July 38,667, August 33,254, September 24,414, October 18,223, November 9,958, December 7,783.
Alaska261,114
United States65,688
Canada12,204
United Kingdom11,210
British Columbia10,461
England9,920
California7,455
New York7,067
Germany6,710
North Carolina5,928

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Traits

Group and habits

Edibility, toxicity and medicinal traits are records from datasets, not advice. Never eat, handle or use a wild species on the strength of an app.

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
Ordercarrots, ivies, and allies · Apiales
Familyivy family · Araliaceae
Genusivies · Hedera

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