Irish wildflowers sitemap
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Ivy Clusters of very small yellow-green flowers on stems in good light at the top of the plant. Fruit is black, poisonous!!! Flowering and non-flowering stems occur. Juvenile leaves on non-flowering stems are palmate, 3-5 lobed. Mature leaves on flowering stems are oval, untoothed, glossy dark green. Height/spread: To 30m. Very common on trees in woodland, hedges, on dry banks, rocks and walls. Also grows horizontally as groundcover in woodland. The flowers are a source of nectar for Red Admiral butterflies and many moths. Peacock and Tortoiseshell butterflies may hibernate in Ivy over winter. Ivy is also the food plant of Holly Blue caterpillars. 
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