. . "Hedera iberica is a species of ivy (genus Hedera) which is native to the western Iberian peninsula (Portugal and southwest Spain), and northern Morocco. It was formerly classified as a sub-species named Hedera maderensis iberica in Hedera maderensis (K. Koch ex A. Rutherf). The Iberian subspecies was subsequently classified as a distinct species. It grows on slopes, rock, soil, trunks of trees.It is a climbing perennial shrub or bush with aerial roots."@en . . . . . . . .