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Tuesday, April 16, 2013

The English Ivy

The English Ivy is known as Hedera helix. English Ivy is native to places like Europe and Western Asia.
Although the English Ivy is native to places like Europe and Western Asia it is originally From England.
The English Ivy had came to America by some European Immigrants.
It was brought to America for ornamental purpose.
People use the English Ivy for designs around their gardens and houses.
The English Ivy is an exotic plant and this is People in America like it becuase of the word Exotic.
The English Ivy is an invasive species becuase first it is not from America and second when you put it to grow in America it kills all the native plants around it. The English Ivy grows up to 100 feet , 30.5 meters in lenght and sometimes it can grow more.
The English Ivy grows over plants to take up all the sunlight so the plants smaller would not survive around it. This is what makes the English Ivy a killer plant buy none the less it is an exotic plant so humans like them.
My help was English Ivy wikipedia and bio web English Ivy

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