| Scientific Name: | Parthenocissus tricuspidata |
| Common Name: | Boston ivy |
| Family Name: | Vitaceae |
| Origin: | S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Vine - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 15 - 22m x 10 - 15m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Spreading |
| Form: | Climbing |
| Texture: | Medium - coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract birds, Erosion control, Fall interest, Screening, Wildlife food |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade, Deep shade |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic, Humus rich, Rocky or gravelly or dry, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Lobed, Alternate, Soft flexible, Lustrous, Ovate, Dentate, Palmately lobed |
| Flowers: | Cyme, Green-yellow, Jun-Jul |
| Fruit: | Berry (true), Blue, Black, Oct-Nov, (Persistent) |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves alternate, ovate with three pointed lobes, most 12-20cm long x 10-18cm wide; berries blue-black, persist after leaf drop. Winter ID: large vine with end twigs 2-3 mm wide, light brown, tendrils with circular adhesive pads that arise opposite the buds; buds globular to broadly conical; leaf scars are oval to round, concave with <10 bundle scars. | |