Hedera canariensis Willdenow, Araliaceae

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Present on Pacific Islands?  no

Primarily a threat at high elevations?  no

Risk assessment results:  Reject, score: 13 (Go to the risk assessment).

Other Latin names:  Hedera helix subsp. canariensis (Willd.) Cout.

Common name(s): [more details]

English: Canary Islands ivy, Canary ivy, Madeira ivy

Habit:  vine

Description:  "Leaves mostly wider than long, those of the non-flowering shoots reniform, rather obscurely 3-lobed, those of the flowering shoots suborbicular-cordate.  Hairs usually yellowish-brown, stellate-peltate, with 12-16 (-22) rays all in one plane, united at the base for about 1/4 of their length.  Ripe fruit black, 8-10 mm in diameter"  (Tutin et al., 1968; vol. 2, p. 314).

Habitat/ecology:  (no habitat/ecology info known by PIER)

Propagation:  Seed; rooting from nodes.

Native range:  Canary Islands; also cultivated (GRIN).

Presence:

Pacific Rim
Country/Terr./St. & Island group	Location	Cited status & Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction?	Reference & Comments
New Zealand New Zealand	New Zealand (country)	introduced invasive cultivated	Webb, C. J./Sykes, W. R./Garnock-Jones, P. J. (1988) (p. 146) Waste ground. Collected once only from Riccarton, Christchurch.
United States (west coast) United States (west coast states)	USA (California)	introduced	U.S. Dept. Agr., Nat. Res. Cons. Serv. (2013) As Hedera helix L. ssp. canariensis (Willd.) Cout.

Control:  If you know of control methods for Hedera canariensis, please let us know.