VITACEAE

Parthenocissus heptaphylla

Common Name:  Seven-leaf Creeper

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mature leaves young leaves--how many leaflets are present (notice the variation)?  What kind of compound leaves are present here?

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even younger leaves--the reddish tint and serrated leaf margins sometimes cause people to misidentify this as poison ivy (how do you tell the difference?) leaf in Fall--just as in Parthenocissus quinquefolia, the leaves of P. heptaphylla turn bright red in Autumn!
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