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Boston ivy

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Boston ivy or Japanese ivy, tall-climbing woody vine (Parthenocissus tricuspidata) from East Asia, one of the most popular of city wall coverings. Of the same genus as the Virginia creeper and sometimes called ampelopsis ampelopsis (ăm'pĭlŏp`səs) [Gr.
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, it climbs by disk-tipped tendrils and has three-lobed, or three-parted, leaves, which develop vivid colors in the fall. Boston ivy is classified in the division Magnoliophyta Magnoliophyta (măg'nōlēŏf`ətə)
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, class Magnoliopsida, order Rhamnales, family Vitaceae.


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He replaced a three-block-long Japanese privet hedge at Citrus Grove Park with two crawling vines, creeping fig and Boston ivy.
About half a century ago, a tiny Boston ivy appeared in the dusty space below the neighboring home and began to climb and proliferate.
Most of the plants are low-water users, including California poppies, wild lilacs and Boston ivy, said Pattison.
 
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