Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Scandent \Scan"dent\, a. [L. scandens, -entis, p. pr. of
   scandere to climb.]
   Climbing.

   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.

Source : WordNet®

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