Texas Gardening: Texas Native Plant Pictures ( Vines ), 1 by htop

htop wrote:
Virginia Creeper, Woodbine, American ivy, Fiveleaved ivy (Parthenocissus quinquefolia), Vitaceae Family, Texas native, perennial, deciduous
blooms late spring to early summer, sucker pads at the ends of branched tendrils, listed as invasive weed in many areas, can cause severe skin irritation

It natively inhabits the eastern half of Texas and has five-leaf clusters. It should not be confused with poison ivy which has 3 leaves. The shiny green foliage turns a brilliant red in the fall. It will grow in sun, shade or any other light situation. It is sometimes supported by aerial rootlets, but usually by tendrils having adhesive discs and it will crawl over a tree stump or a rock, climb a fence or trail along the ground in open woodlands and at the forest edge. The birds will eat the bluish-black berries in the winter suspected of being poisonous to young children.

For more information, see its entry in the PlantFiles (note all of the negative ratings):
http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/1695/index.html