I noticed the Boston Ivy (although it is unrelated to true ivy) at Transmitter Park in New York has changed colors in November. It has a completely different feel from the all-green leaves in summer. Although unrelated to true ivy, it is commonly known as Boston ivy, grape ivy, and Japanese ivy, and also as Japanese creeper, and by the name woodbine. It is in the grape family native to eastern Asia in Korea, Japan, and northern and eastern China.
在十一月時我注意到紐約 Transmitter Park 的波士頓常春藤（雖然它與真正的常春藤無關）已經變色了。與夏天全綠的藤有完全不同的風味。雖然與真正的常春藤無關，但它通常被稱為波士頓常春藤、葡萄常春藤和日本常春藤，也被稱為日本爬山虎，並被稱為木本藤。(註: 根據維基百科，又名爬山虎、地錦、土鼓藤、红葡萄藤)。它屬於葡萄科，原產於東亞的韓國、日本以及中國華北和東北地區。
Photo Date: 2021.11.11 Location: New York
Notes 筆記
- Although unrelated to true ivy, it is commonly known as Boston ivy, grape ivy, and Japanese ivy, and also as Japanese creeper, and by the name woodbine.
- It is in the grape family native to eastern Asia in Korea, Japan, and northern and eastern China.
- Genus name comes from the Greek words parthenos meaning a virgin and kissos meaning ivy. Specific epithet comes from the Latin words tri meaning three and cuspidatus meaning with a sharp point in reference to each plant leaf having three sharply-pointed lobes.
- It is a deciduous woody vine growing to 30 m tall, attaching itself by means of numerous small branched tendrils tipped with sticky disks.
- The leaves are simple, palmately lobed with three lobes, occasionally unlobed or with five lobes, or sufficiently deeply lobed to be palmately compound with (usually) three leaflets; the leaves range from 5 to 22 cm across.
- The flowers are inconspicuous, greenish, in clusters; the fruit is a small dark blue grape 5–10 mm diameter.
- This plant is widely grown as a climbing ornamental plant to cover the façades of masonry buildings. It can significantly reduce cooling costs during summer. It should not be grown up wood or shingle walls because the holdfasts are difficult to remove, can creep under shingles and will ruin the paint. If unchecked, vines can also attach to and seriously damage such objects as gutters, shutters or wiring around homes and buildings.
- 雖然與真正的常春藤無關，但它通常被稱為波士頓常春藤、葡萄常春藤和日本常春藤，也被稱為日本爬山虎，並被稱為木本藤。(註: 根據維基百科，又名爬山虎、地錦、土鼓藤、红葡萄藤)
- 它屬於葡萄科，原產於東亞的韓國、日本以及中國華北和東北地區。
- 屬名來自希臘語 parthenos 意為處女，kissos 意為常春藤。種小名來自拉丁詞 tri ，意思是三，而 cuspidatus 的意思是指每片植物葉子都有一個尖尖的葉子，有三個尖尖的裂片。
- 它是一種落葉藤本植物，可長到 30公尺高，藉由末端帶有吸盤的許多小分枝卷鬚附著在支撐物上。
- 葉是單葉，掌狀淺裂，具三裂，偶爾不裂或具五裂，或深裂至掌狀複葉（通常）有三片小葉；葉子的寬度從 5 到 22 公分不等。
- 花不顯眼，呈綠色，成簇狀；果實是直徑 5-10 毫米的小深藍色葡萄。
- 這種植物被廣泛作為攀緣觀賞植物，覆蓋磚石建築的外牆。它可以顯著降低夏季的冷卻成本。不應該將它種植在木頭或木瓦牆上，因為固着器難以去除，可能會在木瓦下蔓延並會破壞油漆。如果不加以控制，藤蔓還會附著在排水溝、百葉窗或房屋和建築物周圍的電線等物體上並嚴重損壞它們。
References 參考資料
- Wikipedia: Parthenocissus tricuspidata
- 維基百科: 爬牆虎
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