AMPELOPSIS. The Columbia Encyclopedia: Sixth Edition. 2000(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
) [from Gr.,=looking like a vine], botanic name for woody ornamental vines of the genus Ampelopsis, but in horticulture also traditionally applied to the Virginia creeper, Boston ivy, and others of related genera of the family Vitaceae (grape family).
Species of Ampelopsis native to Asia and North America have showy berries of various colors.
Ampelopsis is classified in the division Magnoliophyta, class Magnoliopsida, order Rhamnales, family Vitaceae.
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AMPELOPSIS[ampelopsis] [Gr.,=looking like a vine], botanic name for woody ornamental vines of the genus Ampelopsis, but in horticulture also traditionally applied to the Virginia creeper, Boston ivy, and others of related genera of the family Vitaceae (grape family).
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Woody, self-clinging vines that offer alluring, alternate leaves and showy berries, Ampelopsis flourishes in any garden soil with little care.
With a lace-like delicacy, the deeply dissected, glossy green leaves attain yellow hues in autumn amidst red-tinged stems and showy bunches of orange-red berries.
The fruits appear in September-October and are colorful, changing from pale lilac, to green, to a bright blue.
Porcelain-berry is often confused with species of grape (Vitis) and may be confused with several native species of Ampelopsis -- Ampelopsis arborea and Ampelopsis cordata.
In the southeast, several species of native Ampelopsis occur and should be considered if the habitat is appropriate.
Porcelainberry is a deciduous, woody climbing vine with alternate bright green leaves that are typically three- to five-lobed and shaped somewhat like our native grape species.
It is related to two North American species of Ampelopsis, raccoon grape and peppervine, and is sometimes called Amur peppervine or porcelain ampelopsis.
The vines can climb over other vegetation to heights of up to 20 feet.
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ampelopsis [Gr.,=looking like a vine], botanic name for woody ornamental vines of the genus Ampelopsis, but in horticulture also traditionally applied to the Virginia creeper