scandent
    adj 1: used especially of plants; having a tendency to climb;
           "plants of a creeping or scandent nature"

Scandent \Scan"dent\, a. [L. scandens, -entis, p. pr. of
   scandere to climb.]
   Climbing.
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   Note: Scandent plants may climb either by twining, as the
         hop, or by twisted leafstalks, as the clematis, or by
         tendrils, as the passion flower, or by rootlets, as the
         ivy.
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