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Ampelopsis arborea |
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| Common name |
peppervine |
| Family |
vitaceae |
| Life cycle |
perennial (Z7-9) |
| Flowers |
greenish (summer) |
| Size |
vine to |
Woody tendril-climbing vine native to the southeastern United States, whose inconspicuous flowers are followed by berries that mature via red to blue-black. I haven't encountered it as a vine: it pops up as an upright-growing volunteer (presumably delivered by birds) here and there in the garden. When I first found it, I was concerned that it was a relative of poison ivy, with which it shares a shiny leaf surface and reddish cast to new leaves – but this plant is in fact mostly harmless (as long as you don't try to eat its somewhat toxic berries), and easily pulled up as a youngster.
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