Hedera helix, Ivy

It is an evergreen climbing plant, growing to up to 30 m high on suitable surfaces.

 It climbs by means of aerial rootlets with matted pads which cling strongly to the substrate. Ivy is a very easily grown plant that dislikes waterlogged, very dry or very acid soils but otherwise succeeds in all soil types.

 This one is spreading on one of the hidden paths in Manor Park, Glossop.

and another tree is going to be tightly hugged by this sturdy plant. It is positioned in shade and the soil is very damp with poor drainage. 

The leaves are alternate and are two types, with palmately five-lobed juvenile leaves on creeping and climbing stems, and unlobed cordate adult leaves on fertile flowering stems exposed to full sun, usually high in the crowns of trees or the top of rock faces.

The flowers are produced from late summer until late autumn, individually small, in 3–5 cm diameter umbels, greenish-yellow, and very rich in nectar, an important late autumn food source for bees and other insects.

The fruit are purple-black to orange-yellow berries 6–8 mm diameter, ripening in late winter, and are an important food for many birds, though somewhat poisonous to humans.