🐾 common ivy

Hedera helix · wildlife atlas entry

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Hedera helix , the common ivy , English ivy , European ivy , or just ivy , is a species of flowering plant in the family Araliaceae, native to most of Europe and western Asia. A rampant, clinging evergreen vine, it is a familiar sight in gardens, waste spaces, on house walls, tree trunks and in wild areas across its native habitat. Text: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.

common ivy — reference photo from iNaturalist — (c) Marianna Boi, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Marianna Boi · cc-by

Record card

Scientific name	Hedera helix
Rank	species
Community observations	185,979 research-grade records on iNaturalist

Classification

kingdom Plantae › phylum Tracheophyta › class Magnoliopsida › order Apiales › family Araliaceae

Seen in the wild — community photographs

common ivy photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-14 · Inner Circle, London, England, GB
(c) Jose Gutierrez Higa, some rights reserved (CC BY) · cc-by

common ivy photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-23 · Forêt Départementale de Marseilleveyre, Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, FR
(c) Lilian Eprendre, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

common ivy photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-24 · Route de la Fabrègue, Avèze, Occitanie, FR
(c) mathieudpml, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

common ivy photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-24 · Taupaki 0782, New Zealand
(c) Pluto Hooper, some rights reserved (CC BY) · cc-by

common ivy photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-23 · Katherine Stinson Dr, Raleigh, NC, US
(c) leahr7720, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

common ivy photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-23 · Behind Heathcote Antiques, Cross Hills, Skipton Road Junction, Keighley BD20 7DS, UK
(c) Liam Echevarria, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

common ivy photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2016-07-20 · Colwood, BC, Canada
(c) student_of_life, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

common ivy photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-23 · Crandall Spur, Belmont, NY, US
(c) cbeach, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

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