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English Ivy

Scientific Name

Hedera spp. (Green at al. 2013)

Common Name

English ivy, Atlantic ivy, Irish ivy

Native To

Europe (Green at al. 2013)

Date of U.S. Introduction

Earliest records of naturalization are from the 1870s (Green at al. 2013)

Means of Introduction

Nursery trade (Green at al. 2013)

Impact

Competes with native plants and can spread into tree canopies (Yang 2013)

English ivy

English ivy, close up of foliage

Credit

Photo by David Stephens, Invasive.org

Source
Invasive.org.

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