Congratulations, you have discovered that your plant is a woody vine because all woody vines climb wih tendrils.  East Texas has about 30 woody vines if you count the ones that have tendrils that are really modified roots. Be aware, we do count those in this key.  Do you want to know which woody vine you have well answer some more questions.

Here we learn about compound leaves.  Some times you think you are looking a leaf and you are only looking at a part of one.  Look at this example.

If your plant have compound leaves click here.
If your plant has simple leaves click here.