| General Description | Low growing ivy that will attach itself to walls with little brown rootlets. It has good colour and is very hardy. |
| ID Characteristic | Dark glossy, palmate leaves that are up o 15cm across. Fruit appears in late summer and looks like miniature black grapes. |
| Shape | Vine, sprawling. |
| Landscape | Often seen on old buildings, it is a suitable vine softening the look of bare walls including highway sound barriers. |
| Propagation | It can be propagated by bare root, containers, cuttings, and by seed. |
| Cultivation | Full to light shade, and fertile to loamy soil. |
| Pests | Canker, leaf spots, powdery mildew, wilt, downy mildew, leaf hoppers, beetles and scale maybe problems. |
| Notable Specimens | The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario. |
| Habitat | East Asia, and mid to northern parts of North America |
| Bark/Stem Description | Brown to sandy brown-grey. |
| Flower/Leaf Bud Description | 2-3 exposed scales, sessile, brownish and often collateral. |
| Leaf Description | 3 lobed leaves, which are cordate-oval and crenate or undulate along the margins. Glossy on the upper surface and pale dull green below. |
| Flower Description | Green and not conspicuous. |
| Fruit Description | The colour of the fruit is bluish black. The fruit appears in September through October. The fruit produces 2-3 seeds, and is .5cm in size. |
| Colour Description | In the summer it is dark green and in the autumn it can range from dark green, burgundy, dark red, to orange red. |
| Texture Description | Bold, because of its large glossy leaves. |
