Question
First I live in the Boston Massachusetts area, and I spot this vine growing on a fence. It is now Mid-October, and the best description of this vine is as follows:

It consist of a five leaf pattern of of it of its stem structure, each leaf is slight curled upwards; its main stem is slight in circumference but has the appearance of a hard wood; its leaf color is a dull red, similar to that of a red maple leaf, whether this color is its year round color I don't know; the spacing of each leaf stem and five leaf grouping is approximately one inch from one another; at each of its leaf stems, opposite those, are its attachments curls, those that held it on to the fence, they are of brown color similar to its main stem appearance; also, each leaf is about two inches in length, measured on the leaf's center vein and all of veins are clearly visible; the age of the vine could not be determined, but its growth from ground to the top was about six(6) feet, the height of fence and there appeared to be several, more than ten, stocks planted; and it was more full at the top of the fence and followed the top of the fence across more than filled in the fence itself.

Thanks for any help you can give, if I can take a picture of this vine later, then I was forward it on to you.

Thanks,
Larry  

Answer
Hello Larry,

From your description I would say that you seen Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia). It has ammazing fall color and neat adhesive pads on the ends of its tendicals. But beware some people react to it in the same manner as Poison Ivy.

Thank you for your question,
Angie