Hedera

Riaza, Castille and Leon, Spain

Riaza, Castille and Leon, Spain

2011-12-03 Lower Austria, district Bruck/Leitha, Braunsberg northern flank (180 msm Quadrant 7867/2).German name: Gewhnlich-Efeu (auf toter Eiche)See also shots linked below.This is a huge ivy, its stem is almost as thick as the oak on which it is growing (the oak being dead already, of course, which means that while the ivy's still growing the oak isn't).Ivy is only a 'light parasite', i. e. it isn't feasting on the plant's sap but only using it to get more light; and thus it shouldn't pose a real danger to it's host. Here in this case however, with such thick growth, the ivy might have played a role in the death of this oak.

2010.04.06 Austria, Lower Austria, district Bruck/Leitha (Braunsberg, 143 m AMSL).Flowering from march till may; with Hedera helix.Common.German name: Klein-ImmergrnID: Fischer & al., Exkursionsflora (2008 3rd);

An: Aragn.Espaa

Herbarium Blackwellianum emendatum et auctum, id est, Elisabethae Blackwell collectio stirpium.Norimbergae : Typis Io. Iosephi Fleischmanni, 1750-1773..biodiversitylibrary.org/page/291519

Hastings Country Park.

2011-12-03 Lower Austria, district Bruck/Leitha, Braunsberg northern flank (180 msm Quadrant 7867/2).German name: Gewhnlich-Efeu (auf toter Eiche)See description here.

2009-11-08 Lower Austria, district Bruck/Leitha (240 msm Quadrant 7965/2).German names: Feld-Ahorn + Gewhnlich-EfeuThe white specks on the maple tree are most likely some fungus, or else one lichen.

2010.03.30 Lower Austria, district Mdling (heath, 300 m AMSL).Flowering in april/may, sometimes already march (like this year).The big leaf of course is from Hedera helix; Adonis leaves are those "spiky" ones you can see around the bud between the two open flowers.German name: Frhlings-Adonis

2011-11-26 Lower Austria, district Wiener Neustadt-Land - Fischauer Berge (420 msm Quadrant 8162/4).German names: Gewhnlich-Efeu on Rot-FhreHuge one: see also remarks here!

2009-11-08 Lower Austria, district Bruck/Leitha (240 msm Quadrant 7965/2).German name: Gewhnlich-EfeuWith climbing roots, typical for ivy.

Cingles de Bert, Catalonia, SpainAraliaceae

2011-11-26 Lower Austria, district Wiener Neustadt-Land - Fischauer Berge (420 msm Quadrant 8162/4).German names: Gewhnlich-Efeu on Rot-FhreAs you can see, this huge ivy specimen is almost half as thick as the pine: see also remarks here!There's also a nice second ivy (already sizeable too) climbing up the first, huge one.

2011-11-26 Lower Austria, district Wiener Neustadt-Land - Fischauer Berge (460 msm Quadrant 8162/4).German name: Gewhnlich-Efeu

2011-12-03 Lower Austria, district Bruck/Leitha, Braunsberg northern flank (180 msm Quadrant 7867/2).German name: Gewhnlich-Efeu (auf toter Eiche)See description here.

2010.04.06 Austria, Lower Austria, district Bruck/Leitha (Braunsberg, 145 m AMSL).Fruit; while flowering in fall the fruit are ripe come spring next year (february till april).The leaf form you see here is the one you see on branches bearing fruit, young leaves look quite different.In the lowlands usually very common but in some higher lying regions (e. g. Mhlviertel highlands) rare.German name: Efeu

2010.04.06 Austria, Lower Austria, district Bruck/Leitha (Braunsberg, 143 m AMSL).Flowering from march till may; with Hedera helix.Common.German name: Klein-ImmergrnID: Fischer & al., Exkursionsflora (2008 3rd);

2011-11-26 Lower Austria, district Wiener Neustadt-Land - Fischauer Berge (420 msm Quadrant 8162/4).German names: Gewhnlich-Efeu on Rot-FhreThe huge volume this ivy has, up there in the pine's crown: see also remarks here!

2011-11-26 Lower Austria, district Wiener Neustadt-Land - Fischauer Berge (420 msm Quadrant 8162/4).German names: Gewhnlich-Efeu on Rot-FhreIvy is not a parasite in the proper sense - but a 'light parasite' still: it uses trees to grab more of sunlight than 'rightfully' would be theirs, so to speak.On few specimen this could be so clearly like on this huge specimen here, almost as thick as the Scots pine which it is using as a climbing tree: the ivy stem is almost half as thick as that of the pine! See also other shots of the same one:- close-up of lower stems (2) (3)- crown - not much sun left for the pine