Ivy (Hedera araliaceae) is a woody evergreen found climbing or ground-creeping. In nature, it grows in western, central and southern Europe, Macaronesia (group of islands off the coast of Europe and Africa), northwestern Africa and across central-southern Asia east to Japan and Taiwan. On the ground, they tend to be under 20 cm in height, but if climbing can reach 30 meters above the ground. The leaves are either palmately lobed young leaves or unlobed cordate (heart shaped) older leaves on a flowering stem. Flowers are usually greenish-yellow with five tiny petals. The berries are greenish-black, dark purple or yellow. They prefer partial to full sun and well-drained loamy soil. Ivy represents the end of the harvest, but it lives on after its host plant has died. It is a reminder for us that life goes on, in the endless cycle of life, death and rebirth.


Due the thickness of this wood, harvesting is difficult and is rarely used. These wands are for sale in Hogsmeade, and not in Diagon Alley. The dark tunnel that leads to the Boathouse at Hogwarts is concealed by a curtain of Ivy.