Invasive Alien Species in Belgium: Parthenocissus spp.

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Parthenocissus spp. - (false) virginia creeper

CPS

Synonym:	P. inserta, P. quinquefolia, P. vitacea
French name:	Vigne vierge
Dutch name:	(valse) wingerd
Family:	Vitaceae

Group:	Vascular plants
Origin:	North America
Habitat:	terrestrial
Introduction:	agri- and horticulture

ISEIA Score : 10

Naturalization in Belgium

First observation in the wild:	1880
Invasion stage:	spread
Spatial distribution:	widespread

Invasiveness

Reproduction in the wild:	yes
Dispersion potential:	high
Natural habitats:	high

More on invasiveness: Originally observed in man-made habitat, these popular garden plants are increasingly observed in natural habitats like coastal dunes, riparian habitats and wood margins (P. inserta) or rock outcrops (P. quinquefolia). They usually thrives on nutrient-rich soils. Seeds are dispersed by birds over long distances.

Distribution in Belgium

Established populations Biogeographic areas where the species is known to be established in the wild

	absent from district
	isolated populations (1-5 localities per district)
	widespread (>5 localities per district)

Endangered areas Biogeographic areas including Natura 2000 habitats that are likely to be invaded by the species (occurence of dense populations)

Biogeographic areas including Natura 2000 habitats that are likely to be invaded by the species (occurence of dense populations)

	low risk
	medium risk
	high risk

Endangered Natura 2000 habitats (

grasslands:	6430
rocky habitats:	8210
forest habitats:	9110 9120 9130 91E0*

Impacts on Species

Predation / Herbivory:	low
Competition:	likely
Disease transmission:	low
Genetic effects:	unlikely

Impacts on Ecosystems

Nutrient cycling:	unknown
Physical alteration:	likely
Natural successions:	likely
Food web alteration:	low

More on impacts: Those vines form dense curtains of interwined stems that may cover, outcompete and kill native vegetation; they may also overtop shrubs and canopy trees. Its cover is denser than native climbers like Clematis or Humulus species. However, competitive effects are rarely reported in the literature. Plant extracts have allelopathic properties.

Data Source & References

Authors:	Branquart Etienne, Dupriez Pascal, Vanderhoeven Sonia, Van Landuyt Wouter, Van Rossum Fabienne, Verloove Filip.
Published on:	23 July 2010
Last update:	18 March 2011

References:

CPS-SKEW (2006)

Parthenocissus inserta.

From online fact sheets of the Swiss Commission for Wild Plants Conservation.

Csiszar, A. (2009)

Allelopathic effects of invasive woody plants species in Hungary.

Acta Silv. Lign. Hung. 5 : 9-17.

Keil, P. & Loos G.H. (2005)

Preliminary account of ergasiophygophytic and xenophytic trees, shrubs and subshrubs in the Central Ruhrgebiet (Germany).

Electronic Publications of the Biological Station of Western Ruhrgebiet 3: 1-12.

Krivanek, M. & Pysek, P. (2006)

Predicting invasions by woody species in a temperate zone: a test of three risk assessment schemes in Czech Republic.

Diversity and Distributions 12: 319-327.

Lambinon, J., Delvosalle, L. & Duvigneaud, J. (2004)

Nouvelle fore de la Belgique, du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg, du Nord de la France et des régions voisines.

Editions du Patrimoine du Jardin botanique national de Belgique, Meise.

Lohmeyer, W. & Sukopp, H. (2001)

Agriophyten in der Vegetation Mitteleuropas.

In: Brandes, D. (ed.) Adventivpflanzen. Beiträge zur Biologie, Vorkommen und Ausbreitungsdynamik von Archäophyten und Neophyten in Mitteleuropa, vol 8. Universitätsbibliothek Braunschweig, Braunschweig, pp 179-220.

Schnitzler, A. & Aumaitre, D. (2008)

Invasiveness and invasibility after change sin land uses.

In: Proceedings of the 12 world lake conference.

Van Landuyt, W., Hoste, I., Vanhecke, L., Van den Bremt, P. Vercruysse, W. & De Beer, D. (2006)

Atlas van de Flora van Vlaanderen en het Brussels gewest.

Nationale Plantentuin en het Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek i.s.m. Flo.Wer vzw.

Verloove, F. (2006)

Catalogue of the Neophytes in Belgium (1800-2005).

Scripta Botanica Belgica 39, 89 pp.

Weber, E. & Gut, D. (2004)

Assessing the risk of potentially invasive plant species in central Europe.

Journal for Nature Conservation12: 171-179.