Photographs: Ballingeary, Co. Cork

Atlantic Ivy / Irish Ivy Hedera hibernica Eidhneán Family: Araliaceae Flowering time: September - November. Evergreen climber. Native. Clusters of very small yellow-green flowers on stems in good light at the top of the plant. Berries are black and poisonous. Flowering and non-flowering stems occur. Juvenile leaves on non-flowering stems are palmate, 3-5 lobed. Mature leaves on flowering stems are oval, untoothed, glossy dark green. Hairs on the growing tips are light brown. Hedera helix is very similar but hairs on growing tips are whitish. Very common on trees, hedges, dry banks, rocks and walls and the flowers are an important source of nectar for many different insects

Irish / Atlantic Ivy, Hedera hibernica, Eidhneán