Hedera pastuchowii
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Hedera pastuchowii, is a species of Ivy
(genus Hedera) which is native from Eastern Transcaucasus. It is a plant
of botanical family
Araliaceae
. It is in The Red Book of Azerbaijan SSR, 1989.
It is an evergreen
woody vine with long climbing stems, growing in mixed forests to 20–30 m high where suitable tree
s, are available, does not grow well as a groundcover plant. It climbs by means of aerial rootlets which cling to the substrate.
Leaves thin, glossy, light green, entire or with wavy margins, 10-12 cm x 6-9 cm, often rounded and rarelly oblong-elliptic, deeply or shallowly lobed, cordate or cuneate at the base.
A rare relict species of the Greater Caucasus (Balakan, Zagatala, Gakh, Sheki and Khachmaz regions), Talysh (Astara, Lankaran, Masalli regions). Outside Azerbaijan - Eastern Transcaucasia, Iran.
Habitat in the forests of the lowlands up to the middle mountain zone mainly on the forest edges and clearings, climbs high on the trees, does not crawl along the rocks. Protected in the Zakatala and Girkan reserves. Setting up of a preserve in the Samur river’s delta (the Khachmaz region) for wider cultivation to protect the lowland riparian woodlands.
Ivy
Ivy, plural ivies is a genus of 12–15 species of evergreen climbing or ground-creeping woody plants in the family Araliaceae, native to western, central and southern Europe, Macaronesia, northwestern Africa and across central-southern Asia east to Japan and Taiwan.-Description:On level ground they...
(genus Hedera) which is native from Eastern Transcaucasus. It is a plant
Plant
Plants are living organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. Precise definitions of the kingdom vary, but as the term is used here, plants include familiar organisms such as trees, flowers, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and green algae. The group is also called green plants or...
of botanical family
Family
In human context, a family is a group of people affiliated by consanguinity, affinity, or co-residence. In most societies it is the principal institution for the socialization of children...
Araliaceae
Araliaceae
Araliaceae is a family of flowering plants, also known as the Aralia family or Ivy family. The family includes 254 species of trees, shrubs, lianas and perennial herbaceous plants into 2 subfamilies...
. It is in The Red Book of Azerbaijan SSR, 1989.
It is an evergreen
Evergreen
In botany, an evergreen plant is a plant that has leaves in all seasons. This contrasts with deciduous plants, which completely lose their foliage during the winter or dry season.There are many different kinds of evergreen plants, both trees and shrubs...
woody vine with long climbing stems, growing in mixed forests to 20–30 m high where suitable tree
Tree
A tree is a perennial woody plant. It is most often defined as a woody plant that has many secondary branches supported clear of the ground on a single main stem or trunk with clear apical dominance. A minimum height specification at maturity is cited by some authors, varying from 3 m to...
s, are available, does not grow well as a groundcover plant. It climbs by means of aerial rootlets which cling to the substrate.
Leaves thin, glossy, light green, entire or with wavy margins, 10-12 cm x 6-9 cm, often rounded and rarelly oblong-elliptic, deeply or shallowly lobed, cordate or cuneate at the base.
A rare relict species of the Greater Caucasus (Balakan, Zagatala, Gakh, Sheki and Khachmaz regions), Talysh (Astara, Lankaran, Masalli regions). Outside Azerbaijan - Eastern Transcaucasia, Iran.
Habitat in the forests of the lowlands up to the middle mountain zone mainly on the forest edges and clearings, climbs high on the trees, does not crawl along the rocks. Protected in the Zakatala and Girkan reserves. Setting up of a preserve in the Samur river’s delta (the Khachmaz region) for wider cultivation to protect the lowland riparian woodlands.