Virginia Creeper vs Thicket Creeper

Leafs:
- Occasionally 4, rarely 3 or 7.
- Middle leaflet largest, up to 6 inches long, the end leaflets smallest.
- Leaflets are elliptical to nearly diamond shaped.
- Usually dull green though may be shiny when young.
- Upper surface sparsely to moderately stiff-hairy especially along the veins.
- Lower surface is somewhat paler and usually short-hairy.
- Leaflet stalks are usually variously hairy.
Tendrils:
- Opposite the leaf stalk is a tendril with up to 10 branches. 1/2 inches long.
- Adhesive discs.

Leafs:
- Occasionally 4, rarely 7.
- Leaflets all about the same size. OR the middle leaflet largest, up to 5 inches long, the end leaflets smallest.
- Leaflets are mostly oval-elliptic.
- Shiny green when fresh, though usually loses its sheen with age.
- Upper surface mostly hairless or with a few sparse hairs.
- Lower surface is paler and hairless to short-hairy.
- Leaflet stalks are hairless.
Tendrils:
- Opposite the leaf stalk is a tendril branched 2 or 3 times. 1/2 - 6 inches long.
- No discs.

Stems/Woody part:
-New stems are hairy.
-Plants climbing on trees develop aerial roots on the main stem and branches.
-Up to nearly 3 inches in diameter.
-Usually high-climbing, sometimes crawling along the ground.

Stems/Woody part:
-New stems are hairy.
-Plants climbing on trees develop aerial roots on the main stem and branches.
-Up to nearly 5 inches in diameter.
-Usually sprawling across the ground and over shrubs, also climbing trees, fences and other structures, may root at the nodes and become the dominant groundcover.