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Creepers Parthenocissus

This hub compares 2 species records. Across all 3 records, it carries 21 evidence rows from 17 distinct cited sources. The species split is 2 fire-resistant. 1 genus-rank record is shown separately; genus-rank claims do not override a species record, and species evidence does not become one verdict for the genus.

Rated as a group: creeper Parthenocissus sp. Fire-resistant Consensus 3 sources rate the genus as a whole. Species evidence never rolls upward into a genus verdict, and genus claims never override a species record. ›

Fire-resistant: 2 species

About creepers

Directory notes

Plant forms recorded in this group: vine. The records span published USDA zones 4–5. These are record-level fields, not a whole-genus flammability claim.

More about Parthenocissus: Wikipedia — external references; not evidence sources.

Where rated creepers grow

Tagged as growing in 40 states.

Three equal-weight public-domain botanical specimens compare Virginia creeper's five leaflets, juvenile English ivy's one simple lobed leaf, and eastern poison-ivy's three leaflets. A safety banner says not to handle an unknown three-leaflet vine.
FA Exhibit ID-010. Three vines on your fence: Virginia creeper, English ivy, poison ivy. Morphology from USFS FEIS PARQUI, HEDHEL and TOXSPP. Safety guidance from NIOSH 2010-118. Plates: Britton & Brown 1913 and Thomé 1885, public domain. Identification only — no flammability claim. Confirm uncertain material with a regional key or a botanist. CC BY 4.0.

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