Mystery Vine

johnjbc · September 02, 2003, 06:10:19 PM

Mystery Vine
Late last summer this vine started growing in the stream bottom and this year its back with a vengeance. It grows over top of and shades it out everything in sunny areas.
It has small thorns that point back down the stems and is getting small green berries.
Any ideas ?

John

DanG · September 02, 2003, 11:37:41 PM

OOPS! Looks an awful lot like Kudzu.

:'(

Texas Ranger · September 03, 2003, 08:39:59 AM

Wrong leaf for kudzu, but awfully familiar. Back to the books.

johnjbc · September 03, 2003, 12:37:58 PM

Thanks for the reply.
Found this site on Kudzu/ http://www.jjanthony.com/kudzu/
My leafs are more triangle shaped and I haven't seen any purple flowers.
From a distance though it sure has the same form.

johnjbc · September 06, 2003, 10:45:46 AM

Here is another vine that showed up about 8 or 10 years ago.
I think I know what this one is

johnjbc · May 05, 2005, 02:46:16 PM

I see that Sprucebunny made a post on bindweed. Could that be the vine in the first picture on this thread?

populus · May 05, 2005, 03:11:19 PM

Looks to me like the first one is common bindweed, Convolvulus arvensis. The second one looks like grape on leaves, but maybe not on flowers. Have any more pictures of it, especially of the stem and flowers?

johnjbc · May 05, 2005, 04:18:32 PM

No the first one is only up to the point where there are single leaves so far and the second hasn't come up at all. I will take some more pictures when the plants start growing.
I need to get rid of the bindweed. It over shadows and kills everything. And the thorns make it hard to pull out. :

SwampDonkey · May 05, 2005, 04:36:01 PM

Regarding the second one: At first glance I was thinking wild cucumber, but the leaves indicate a Rubus species to me.

Might even be a grape species Vitis

Ernie · May 05, 2005, 10:58:25 PM

is it a Choko?

SwampDonkey · May 06, 2005, 04:07:34 PM

Ernie,

I think it's got a choke hold on the mailbox. Bad attempt at humour. ;)

johnjbc · May 06, 2005, 04:33:04 PM

Was talking to someone from DNR and they thought that the first vine might be
Mile a Minute Weed
http://www.nps.gov/plants/alien/fact/pope1.htm

One good thing about it is it seem to be able to grow over Multifloral
Rose and shade it out.

Ernie · May 06, 2005, 04:40:38 PM

SD

I thought that was a good attempt.

populus · May 06, 2005, 10:43:17 PM

Oh, I've never seen mile-a-minute, but from the pictures your DNR guy could be right. This is a really nasty plant. It can overwhelm and kill other plants. It is found in Pennsylvania. You may want to talk to your DNR contact about eradicating it.

johnjbc · July 28, 2007, 03:43:04 AM

Thought I would bring this thread back up and see if anyone has a positive ID on these vines.

SwampDonkey · July 28, 2007, 04:18:01 AM

I have a herbaceous vine that grows every year in the flower beds. It has triangle leaves and white flowers. It's called morning glory. It's not a woody vine.