Looks like Virginia Creeper to me. Ross.

I have the same plant and was told it is poison ivy on this forum so be careful!

Here's one page that compares VC with PI. There are others, if you search on "compare virginia creeper and poison ivy"

Here is a link that might be useful: VC vs. PI

Wow, well I am in the heart of Chicago and poison ivy isn't very common in our yards. I will check out the comparison now. Thanks for all responses.

According to the comparison, mine is poison ivy! I'm shocked. I've never heard of it growing here.

Very pretty form of it!

I do not think it is poison ivy (a plant I see almost daily.) I believe it to be the juvenile foliage of Boston ivy or Virginia creeper.

I'm chuckling, because I started some Boston ivy by seed one year and wondered how in the hay a commercial seed company packaged poison ivy by mistake. It really is a ringer for poison ivy. Do you have mature Boston ivy nearby? But then again, birds do eat and then pass out seeds over some distance. Ivy of all types can cause dermatitis to some folks, so regardless handle it with respect, just in case.

Plant on this thread is a Parthenocissus.

I suspect it is too, bboy

I agree that it's definitely not poison ivy. Here's a link to a Perdue page that has a photo (click on it to enlarge) that shows juvenile foliage of Boston ivy AKA Parthenocissus tricuspidata that specifically states that it is often confused with PI. It's not quite as new as yours, so not as reddish and shiny. The blog linked further up is focussed on native and naturalized plants, so since (in my area at least) Boston ivy doesn't readily naturalize, it isn't included.

I have Virginia creeper and PI growing on my property and Boston ivy nearby, so am familiar with all 3 plants.

Here is a link that might be useful: juvenile Boston Ivy foliage

This post was edited by nhbabs on Tue, May 20, 14 at 7:55

Hey now, I'll take a few more pics when I get home, thanks for the suggestion that it might NOT be poison ivy--now I have to find something for it to climb!

auntlavender, I hope you don't mind that I am coat-tailing you thread/post, but I am starting to think that the others are right about it being Boston Ivy. Here is a picture of mine on the fence. I so hope it is not poison ivy that scares the beejeezus out of me!

This post was edited by ladygladys on Tue, May 20, 14 at 19:50

Well, I'm happy to wrong on this.

Well whatever it is, esh-ga, we both have it---mine and yours both have the same toothy leaves!