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taKe me long to iigure out tne second, specific name. “Quinque-” means five and “folia” is foliage. Each leaf of the Virginia Creeper has five leaflets. “Parthenocissus” is another matter entirely. I looked it up in my botanical bible, “Flora of West Virginia.” “Parthenos-” is Greek for virgin and “cissus” means ivy. The ivy’s ability to climb is well known; I suppose the creeper was named to reflect this. It’s up to the reader to figure out the “virgin” part. An alternate common name for this vine is Virgin’s Bower. It is also called woodbine.
Virginia Creeper is a woody vine; this means it does not die back in winter, though it will lose its leaves in autumn along with deciduous trees and shrubs.
The Virginia Creeper lights up the countryside with its autumnal color: a bright scarlet. It can make a fence row glow with flame in October. Red Cedars define the Virginia countryside, and the Virginia Creeper often climbs upward through this evergreen tree. Not noticeable in summer, the Virginia Creeper
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