Species Cards
Ivy
Hedera helix
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Group: |
© Erica Bower Ivy (Hedera helix) |
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Food chain : |
Producer |
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What it eats : |
Makes its own food from carbon dioxide and water, using sunlight energy. |
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Eaten by: |
Birds eat berries. Holly blue caterpillars eat the leaves. Flies and wasps visit the flowers for pollen and nectar. |
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Habitat: |
WoodlandWoodland |
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Description: |
A climbing plant with dark green glossy leaves. It clings to walls and tree bark with small roots that sprout from the stem. Ivy flowers late in the year when most other flowers have finished, providing a late nectar supply for insects, especially flies and wasps. |
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