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You may already be aware but Ohio passed regulation at the beginning of 2023 banning the sale of Bradford pears. Not a vine, but a very invasive problem. Unfortunately, without regulation, I don’t think invasive plant trade will stop.

@BackyardEcology

4 ай бұрын

Yes, and I am hoping more states will follow suit. Getting the invasives on the noxious weed list is also a good step as in most places noxious weeds cannot be sold. It will take some doing for sure and a good dose of education along with it so people understand why it had to be done. The Callery pears are starting to bloom here in south central KY and I will soon be heading out with the chainsaw and a squirt bottle to take care of all that I can get to. We have fields full of them.

@markwilk5790

2 ай бұрын

Bradford pear is my favorite

@ItsDaJax

Ай бұрын

Bradford Pear is a frankensteins monster.

@PNNYRFACE

Ай бұрын

😂🙏🏼💜

@thechaosgardener

Ай бұрын

It’s a great pear rootstock

5:10 Invasive plants are still sold because people interested in landscaping are usually not interested in horticulture or ecology. It's like how show dog breeders continue to produce unhealthy dogs because they have "desirable" traits.

@southerner66

Ай бұрын

Landscapers plant these invasive species because they want to use plants that are "bulletproof" in terms of hardiness and disease resistance. Native pests often don't eat introduced species, the result being that the invasives spread out of control. Unfortunately, the landscapers' customers often don't care and just want something that looks nice and won't die. They don't care about the problems caused by invasives. However, even trained horticulturalists are guilty of introducing lots of non-native species.

@iHATEbigots666

Ай бұрын

perfect analogy!

@piaonomata9220

28 күн бұрын

Yup, this. People (especially those living with HOAs, which are notoriously hostile to natural or native landscaping) are primed to value plants as unassailable decorations to add property value rather than contributors to a local ecosystem. I like to quote Dave Wagner, author of the Princeton guide to North American caterpillars...he once said in a talk that we should look at a yard full of munched-up leaves (assuming they're munched by native species) as a badge of honor. I think of it as a five-star Yelp review from the local fauna.

@loisjkindel180

15 күн бұрын

Very true!

Popularizing natives for their beauty is my method. I’ve seen too many people’s eyes glaze over when they hear about the biology of the ecosystems and then brighten up when they actually see a blooming native Columbine. I am experimenting with growing native flowering plants in pots and forcing them to bloom in the winter to use to excite people about the amazing beauty of many natives.

@BackyardEcology

4 ай бұрын

Exposer to how beautiful native plants can be is definitely a step in the process!

@JJLom777

29 күн бұрын

Cool idea. I'm doing something similar. But, with different plants.

I bought an American Bittersweet vine from a well known mail order catalog when it grew and flowered, I discovered that it was in fact an Asian bittersweet. My husband and sons pulled it up and got rid of it. It’s been 3 years and I am still finding new shoots in the area we pulled it out. Unbelievably tenacious vine!!

@BackyardEcology

2 ай бұрын

It is a tough one to get rid of. Unfortunately this isn't the first time I have heard of a misidentified plant being sold.

@maxgucciardi4507

Ай бұрын

I always check local botanical gardens or universities before I go to unknown sources. Many of them have native plant programs and will share or sell seeds and extra plants.

This should be a must to watch to every home owner that has a garden or piece of land.

@BackyardEcology

4 ай бұрын

Thank you!

These vines are the devil! I thought I had the English ivy in my front garden under control by fighting it for 10 years. Nope. Just found a new batch going crazy. Autumn Clematis is absolutely all over my backyard gardens. I spend a lot of time pulling it out. I think most people probably don't know any better when at the garden center ND just buy what "looks pretty". The big box stores especially need to stop selling this crap. They would sell just as much if they sold the non invasive versions. I wish I had a good answer to the problem. Education is the key. If people don't buy these, they will stop selling them. I really think this channel is making a difference. I encourage people to share this with as many people as possible!

@BackyardEcology

4 ай бұрын

Thank you! I agree that education is the main way to fight it. Some of these plants are listed as noxious weeds in many states so they are no longer allowed to be sold which is also a plus. The vines are some of the toughest invasives to control. Very time consuming and labor intensive.

@oakmaiden2133

Ай бұрын

If a store sells it, most people would believe it’s ok. Blame the Dept of Ag and the stores who answer to shareholders. Money money money.

A suggestion, if you haven't already done so... Do a piece on growing NATIVE PLANTS UNDER WALNUT TREES... Walnut trees are known to "not get along" with many plants, and people have told me, "You can't grow anything under walnut trees!" ( I wonder if many invasive vines are grown because they will grow under tough conditions such as under walnut trees ...) I have found that many native plants, such as Virginia bluebells, Woodland phlox, woodland geranium and others are happy under walnuts... I think many people whose property includes walnut trees would be pleased to hear whatever you have to say about native plants to grow under walnut trees. 😊

@BackyardEcology

Ай бұрын

Most native plants that have ranges that include black walnut grow fine with walnut trees. They are well adapted to being around them. I may work it into a video somewhere along the line. Thanks for the suggestion!

my yard has wintercreeper all over. it’s even rooted itself to our wooden fence… thank goodness we were planning on replacing that fence anyway 😅

@BackyardEcology

Ай бұрын

Wow! It is one horrible vine!

I think most people don't think about invasives and just need to be educated. I'm that busybody at the Lowes telling people picking up ivy that it's invasive and they shouldn't buy it. We have some native nurseries so I mostly get my plants there - but if I'm at one of the big corporate stores and I see any natives - I try to buy them there too. I look at the big box stores as an algorithm like everything else these days - if people buy more native plants from them - they will stock more of them.

@BackyardEcology

4 ай бұрын

Education is a huge part of it!

You could do a video on all the different kinds of vines, weeds, and how to rid yourself of them, just from MY yard.

@BackyardEcology

Ай бұрын

I think this is true for most of us, unfortunately.

Just in case it isn't doing this in your area, trumpet vine is extremely invasive and persistent. The previous owner of my southern Michigan house had tried to kill off a trumpet vine 20 years ago. My neighbor and I left some of it for the hummingbirds. Every year we get out and cut it back to the 4-inch diameter stems. It throws up shoots 20 feet from those main stems. It defies most herbicides.

@BackyardEcology

17 күн бұрын

Trumpet creeper isn't native to Michigan and is considered invasive there. While it can get rowdy in the south it tends to be kept in check by other things. It will go crazy if there is nothing to compete with it. I do know many people that grow it for the hummingbirds and keep it in check by cutting it back every fall. Like most vines though, if it is in an area it isn't native to it can really cover some ground and trees - and is tough to knock out.

No actually the channel wouldn't be possible without you! Before you had one subscriber you created it.

If only knowledge about these plants spread as easily as the plants. Here in Maine, the Asian bittersweet is the main culprit, but we also are dealing with a couple of vines that you didn’t mention. We have kiwi fruit vines, and black swallowtail vine.

English ivy surrounds my old home..... I saved the old oak from it, need to remove the rest from the fence etc! its EVERYWHERE along the fence lines of the neighbors for blocks

@BackyardEcology

4 ай бұрын

I find it is easier to deal with when its climbing, the ivy that is acting as a ground cover is a nightmare to remove. Every little broken off piece seems to sprout right back. Keep at it and keep it beat back and eventually you will win!

@JC-nl3nh

4 ай бұрын

yes definitely easier to remove it when climbing a tree. the problem comes when it’s woven through chainlink fences and basically merged with it!

@lilolmecj

Ай бұрын

That stuff! When I was young and innocent I loved the look of it. I even intentionally planted it in one yard. We have some that came with our current house, we have been mostly able to keep it at bay, but it requires much work. It has a few advantages for us, it does cover an area where we couldn’t get grass established, and our dog who is very private about his potty habits uses one section for that, so he never goes on the grass. I wish our daughter’s dog did the same. And he has another section that he likes to use to nap in on summer days, it is nice and cool. But just last summer I found a patch trying to grow under the blackberries ( another menace) and overtake a beautiful fir tree. It requires constant attention.

@JC-nl3nh

Ай бұрын

@@lilolmecjit’s horrible! constantly trying to climb my brick home as well. hope to remove a majority of it this season. God bless.

@lilolmecj

Ай бұрын

@@JC-nl3nh 💕

That’s why control burns in the forest are important

@BackyardEcology

Ай бұрын

Controlled burns are part of the solution, but can't be used everywhere, and some invasives are actually quite fire adapted so they have to be controlled with other means.

Weird. We have some invasive vines in my area of Western Massachusetts that are different from all the vines you covered in this video.

@BackyardEcology

14 күн бұрын

There are dozens of invasive vine species in North America - I only covered the ones that are a major problem over larger areas.

Another gem!!! Thank you A.

10 minutes in and I was about to comment about kudzu :-) I live in East Tennessee and it is all over the place, but somehow not on my property (I do have plenty of invasive vines).

Glad I saw this video. Just last night, I was online considering getting chocolate vine and porcelain vine. Now I am not. Thanks.

@BackyardEcology

2 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Wow, just discovered you! Nice work. Thank you.

Cool beans. Thanks!

Thank you for another fantastic video! 🥰

@BackyardEcology

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Thanks for the info about vines that appear in my yard, and the photos of how they can suppress the forest, in my case urban forest.

Thanks for sharing your knowledge

@BackyardEcology

4 ай бұрын

You are welcome! Thanks for watching!

Thanks!

@BackyardEcology

4 ай бұрын

Thank you!

When we moved into our house the backyard was like a secret garden full of vine climbing up on everthing we got rid of most but return they will. 1 has leaves that remind me of strawberry leaves but is much bigger but no berries,and the I'm assuming is somekind of milkweed because it has the pods. This stuff just likes to pop up,just like the neighbors ornamental bush.

@BackyardEcology

25 күн бұрын

Not sure what that would be. The milkweed like pods could be several vines, but none of them have strawberry like leaves. Keeping invasives out of yards can be tough due to what the neighbors are growing.

Awesome.

@BackyardEcology

4 ай бұрын

Thanks!

Ugh. Wisteria. Ive won that battle here! 😄😊

@BackyardEcology

29 күн бұрын

Nice! It can be a tough one.

Great channel. The Picard Facepalm Scale is reason enough to subscribe. I was laughing so hard (except for the fact of invasive, non-native species). I noticed that your maps stop on the Mississippi River. Do you ever show information between there and the US west coast? This is a great list so thanks for it. I’m in Seattle learning to identify the invasives that grow out here. (in the US, “clematis is pronounced “kluh-MAT-tus” but in Britain it’s pronounced “KLEM-uh-tis.” I was hearing the latter said so fast, it nearly sounded like “clitoris” to me.) Funny but not nearly as hilarious as the Picard Facepalm Scale.

@BackyardEcology

Ай бұрын

Thanks! I only cover the eastern US since that is where I live and am familiar with the plants and animals that live there. The western US is so different and so varied it would be hard to cover with a single channel.

Getting rid of all traces of the Asian bittersweet the birds planted in my forsythia (and many other places- #1 invasive vine in my yard) and the chocolate vine the former home owner planted NEXT TO THEIR BLUEBERY BUSH as soon as I retire this year. We cut the chocolate vine back, but that wasn't good enough; need to grind the stump or something (suggestions?). I didn't know the porcelain berry vine, but have seen one or two so I'll get those too. Thanks!

Common Periwinkle (Vinca minor) is also terrible and smothers the forest floor around old homesteads.

@BackyardEcology

4 ай бұрын

Periwinkle is a huge problem and I will probably do a video on it in the future. The reason I didn't have it in this video is it is a trailing groundcover and not an actual vine - although its growth form is very vine-like.

@thomasjcorson7502

3 ай бұрын

A controlled burn will kill invasives just gotta know how to have a safe burn

@BackyardEcology

3 ай бұрын

While fire is an excellent option for controlling some invasive species, it can cause others like stiltgrass to have a positive response. It is also not on option on most small properties and in certain states it is not an option at all. When tree climbing vines are involved it can be problematic as fire can be laddered into the canopy. Like most management practices the use of prescribed fire depends on a combination of factors. @@thomasjcorson7502

@echognomecal6742

3 ай бұрын

OH NO! Thank goodness I saw your comment & looked it up. This is the pretty groundcover under the pines that I wanted to spread! Now I have to try to get it out? oh noooo.... Thanks...& the ecology here thanks you as well (my back doesn't lol)

@BackyardEcology

3 ай бұрын

@@echognomecal6742 Periwinkle is a problem just about everyplace that has had a house on it. If it is contained to a small area you can wipe it out with persistent pulling. Glad you caught it!

When my husband bought this house there was English Ivy already here. A ravine behind the house hid it for a long time. I battle it from getting in the yard but it's taken over the trees behind the house in and at the edge of the drop off (where he doesn't own the land.) We've lost 2 trees to that mess. Nothing we've tried kills it. We had a tree guy remove a much as possible from a couple trees but it's a war we can't win.

@BackyardEcology

14 күн бұрын

English ivy is a nightmare to control even when you can get to all of the plants. Without being able to get to the plants it is spreading from about all you can do is keep it knocked back off of your property.

Persicaria perfoliata is known here as "mile-a-minute vine", and with good reason. I've noticed it spreading here in Virginia over the past decade or so. My family's term for Porcelain Berry is "evilvine". Because it's evil. Establishes quickly, very hard to uproot, and with an instinct for finding any available substrate for climbing. I'd mention another native alternative--Fox Grape, Vitis labrusca--which has the added benefit of edible fruits. Thank you for the great content!

@BackyardEcology

28 күн бұрын

The native grapes are going to get their own video - I get a ton of comments about them. Glad you are enjoying the channel!

I was waiting on Kudzu. My house backs up to a wooded area with Kudzu everywhere and it also brings the Kudzu bug. It's such a pain in the butt. Only good thing about it is my bunny loves it dried.

@BackyardEcology

Ай бұрын

Kudzu is a great forage - which is one of the reasons it was brought here. Unfortunately livestock has a hard time keeping up with it and it gets out of control to say the least. I saved it for last in the video as it is the poster plant for why invasive species are bad.

Thanks so much for this overview of invasive vines! Great content, even though it's really scary (horrifying?) to look at the pictures and depressing to think that these plants are still being sold and planted on purpose! 😍😍😍😍 I'm working on a big project now trying to clear privet from the woods below my house. I've been cutting them and treating the stump with glyphosate. But I'm seeing lots of Japanese Honeysuckle (and native briars) that needs to be removed as well. On some of the larger honeysuckle vines, I've tried cutting them near the base and treating the stump. But I'm not sure how to control the ones that are creeping along under the leaves...should I just try to pull them, even if that causes them to break off? I'd love a deeper dive into the best methods of controlling that vine if you have time to cover that!

@BackyardEcology

4 ай бұрын

On big honeysuckle vines I cut them where they come out of the ground and treat the stump. Pulling smaller vines works, but it will be an ongoing task as they will resprout if enough root is left in the ground. There are more vine videos in the works!

@mayfly1963

4 ай бұрын

Thank you! Looking forward to learning more! @@BackyardEcology

Asian Bittersweet is my personal nemesis. I have taken it out multiple times and it keeps comback.

English ivy has made its way into nearly every square ft of my property in maryland so removal is just a fight against time. It turns out they root DEEP in clay soil

@BackyardEcology

19 күн бұрын

It is one of the toughest vines to fully eliminate from a property. Every little bit of root sprouts back.

Oooh, Star Track! 😂👽👾

A week or two ago, my friend and I noticed wisteria had crept into the woods behind the yard while we were battling the bamboo back there. At first we sighed and said, "Let them fight". Then we noticed a bunch of it had taken over the neighbours' chicken coop. So when I caught the guy out building a [frankly ugly and impractical] retaining wall in his front yard (who *leaves* the iron form mesh on the *outside* of the stones???), we thought to be neighbourly and warned him about it. "We liked the look of it, he said. He must've seen my face, so he added, "I know it's invasive." Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I'm certain none of you would convict me had I strangled this man then and there, as surely as those vines will strangle the trees. **His retaining wall would still be ugly even if he wasn't so unutterably stupid.

@BackyardEcology

5 күн бұрын

A huge problem with many of the invasives is they are great looking plants so people continue to plant them regardless of the ecological costs.

A common problem with invasive plants is that it may take a few years before they become invasive, and then prohibiting their sale does not have much effect anymore because there are already established populations in the wild that are impossible to eradicate.

@BackyardEcology

Ай бұрын

Once invasives are out in the wild they are tough to deal with, but with time and concentrated effort they can be removed or reduced to a very low level. But it takes a big effort and people have to be on board with it.

I am now sure my Wisteria is the American species, I was a bit concerned. When I bought it I did not know some were invasive. It is the opposite, I have had it for I believe six years. It hated where it was first planted, so I finally moved it. It is happier now, but has never produced a single bloom.

You forgot Vinca, both major and minor, which is another decorative perennial. It goes by the common name of periwinkle and can be evergreen. Periwinkle is a nightmare and some of it invaded a local park to me. It also has taken over my yard and the only things that kill it will kill everything else as well. Even mowing it hasn't killed it. Though at least it's killed the crabgrass. And all of the rest of the grass. And anything that's shorter than two feet tall. I wish more people realized how horrid the plant is.

@BackyardEcology

Ай бұрын

Vinca isn't a vine but a perennial that spreads by runners. Looks kind of vine-like but not a true vine which is why it isn't in the video. I will likely do a video all about it in the future.

@LadyCini

Ай бұрын

Ah. Considering I've seen it's runners trying to loop over the branches of our maple tree near eight feet up, you can understand why I tag it a vine, yes? It's acting like the Virginia creeper, honestly.

We had porcelain berry growing along the chainlink between us and our neighbors house, growing up. It wasn't a problem and never left the fence. You can eat the berries. Kudzu is edible too. There's another odd plant that's been in my momw backyard. It kinda looks like that Winter Creeper, but seems to grow as a bush if it has nothing to grow on. A house a few blocks away has them planted as bushes, but in my moms backyard, it grows among the trees and fence, and has been climbing the Pauliana. I swear it's the same plant.

@BackyardEcology

Ай бұрын

Porcelain berry was likely spread to other places by birds - often you don't see the invasive spreading where it is planted. Wintercreeper can sometimes resemble a shrub, and there are many invasive species of Euonymus that are shrubs.

You’re missing one of the worst ones Trumpet Vine I planted it in my city backyard and it escaped and has taken over cement alleys coming up everywhere on the block can’t get rid of it because it’s in other peoples yards now too!

@BackyardEcology

Ай бұрын

Trumpet creeper, Campsis radicans, is a native vine and an important part of many native plant communities. While it can get out of hand if not planted in a proper location it is an excellent addition in the proper place and with proper planning. As a native species it can not be considered invasive if planted in its native range, aggressive is the proper term to use. There is an Asian trumpet creeper, Campsis grandiflora that is often sold that should not be planted anytime as it can easily escape cultivation. It isn't a huge problem in our natural areas - yet.

Kudzu is smothering the south

@BackyardEcology

Ай бұрын

Yes it is!

I personally hate hedge, kudzu, and honeysuckle but do enjoy doing a good rip out

I've worked in nurseries and garden centers for several years, and I will never understand why English ivy and vinca vine are even propagated.

@BackyardEcology

Ай бұрын

Me either. There is a long list of plants that should not be sold but still are.

I wish my wisteria would invade its fence. Oh well. Honeysuckle is a big pain!!!! Good video. Kudzu???

@BackyardEcology

Ай бұрын

Thanks! Give it time and it will. Kudzu was the last vine I covered in the video.

I'm having a huge problem with morning glories taking over my flower garden

@BackyardEcology

8 күн бұрын

Morning glories can be a huge problem in the right conditions.

Vinca Major!

@BackyardEcology

Ай бұрын

Technically not a vine, but a perennial that spreads by runners - looks very vine like though. It is a huge problem and I will likely do a video on it in the future.

We moved to our new home five years ago and very quickly noticed a problematic vine we had never come across before, turns out it was chocolate vine, we have been fighting a losing battle ever since. I have never seen a vine that grows so quickly and is so strong, it’s devastating to the environment and wildlife. All we can do is keep cutting it back as much as we can and unfortunately we have no choice but to spray the regrowth with herbicide, I don’t like doing this but in this case it’s our only choice or we face losing the entire garden. It grow up to ten metres a year and especially like going up trees .

You forgot kudzu. My understanding here is that, if a property is infested with kudzu, the property value drops. And you may not be able to sell that property at all. There seems to be no getting rid of it. Terrible.

@BackyardEcology

Ай бұрын

It is the final vine on the video. Kudzu can be controlled, but it is a long term and high $$$ activity.

@joydavis4087

Ай бұрын

@@BackyardEcology Oh I didn’t see that. I’ll rewatch. I know what you mean a high dollar activity. Most people here will not buy property with kudzu growing on it. And honestly myself, I’m not sure how to kill it, burn it or smother it, but I don’t think that works. A permanent herd of goats or sheep? Idk.

@BackyardEcology

Ай бұрын

@@joydavis4087 To deal with it in a somewhat quick manner requires herbicide. Goats will eat it, but it takes a long time for them to exhaust the roots, plus they will also eat any native plants that try to come back once the kudzu gets knocked back, so they have to be monitored and moved often.

The Asian Trumpet Creeper, often sold under the name Hummingbird vine, is very invasive. Infact it turned out to be the most invasive flowering plant in my yard and I had to destroy it , but it was wasn't easy I chop off the main plant and then ripped up every off shoot as soon as I saw them some as far as 20 feet from the main plant it took 7 years. Is every invasive plant from Asia that seems to be true for fish and amphibians .

@BackyardEcology

Ай бұрын

Asian trumpet creeper does have the ability to become invasive, but as of now it isn't as big a problem as the vines in the video. I would never recommend planting it though. There are invasive species from places other than Asia, and many of our species are actually invasive in Asia.

@danielfegley2735

Ай бұрын

Thank you for your quick response .I find your site interesting I may add it to my list of subscribers do you have any videos about wild mint.

@BackyardEcology

Ай бұрын

@@danielfegley2735 No videos on wild mints yet, but will likely have one coming out in the late summer when they tend to bloom.

Would any of those mentioned, smother poison ivy?

@BackyardEcology

Ай бұрын

No. I would take poison ivy over any of these invasive species any day. Poison ivy is native, a host plant, and used by a ton of wildlife. We are one of the few mammals it has any effect on - and it is an allergic reaction - the plants sap is not actually a defense mechanism, more like a liquid bandage for the plant.

The main antagonists here in Eastern Massachusetts are Asian bittersweet and dog-strangling vine (Vincetoxicum rossicum), though the latter is easy to pull up. We have tons of brambles (Rubus spp.) too, but I'm not sure if they're native. I'm reading that the scientific study of brambles is called "batology".

@BackyardEcology

4 ай бұрын

Luckily we don't have much Asian bittersweet in this area yet, and no dog-strangle vine that I am aware of. I have seen Asian bittersweet farther west in the KY so I am certain it is only a matter of time before it shows up here.

What about cattails

My son says the large vines we have hanging is grape. told me not to cut it. How do I tell if it's grape...no leaves...just see the large vine hanging but not attached to trunk of tree.

@BackyardEcology

Ай бұрын

The easiest way to ID wild grape is when it has fruit on it. It can resemble several different invasive vines. A good pair of binoculars will give you a view of what is going on up in the canopy. Grape also has a distinctive look to the bark and the way it tends to grow.

I definitely have some bittersweet in my yard and I would like to get rid of it without herbicides if possible however taking up the road to so hard is there any tips on how to kill it off

@BackyardEcology

2 ай бұрын

Most of the invasive vines are going to require herbicide if there is much of it, or if it is very well established. They can be cut where it comes out of the ground and the stump can be treated with herbicide. Very low volume application.

@kateflanagan9355

2 ай бұрын

Having participated in doing invasive plant removal in parts of New Zealand I figured that's the route I was going to have to go with thank you

@BackyardEcology

2 ай бұрын

@@kateflanagan9355 The vines are just tough to deal with.

Here in CT, I'm fighting wintercreeper and asiatic bittersweet every single year planted by the previous home owners. They are nightmares, but not even close to the most invasive other species around: autumn olive, japanese barberry, and japanese knotweed, yikes!

@BackyardEcology

Ай бұрын

Japanese knotweed is one of the toughest plants to eradicate. It seems like it is indestructible.

I'd like to add the Passion Flower vine to your list!

@BackyardEcology

Ай бұрын

Purple passionvine, Passiflora incarnata, is a native plant and by definition cannot be an invasive species inside its native range. It can be aggressive in certain circumstances but I know many people who have it in there pollinator gardens with no problems. I have not seen it being a problem in native plant communities.

@dominichix5728

Ай бұрын

@@BackyardEcologyI thought they were native to the tropics. Even still, it's taking over my yard and tries to choke my other plants.

@BackyardEcology

Ай бұрын

@@dominichix5728 There are several species of passion vine, most are native to the tropics and can't survive the winter in most of the US. We have two native species in eastern NA - purple and yellow. The natives are controllable when planted - but it has to be managed from the start or it can get out of hand in some cases.

Blackberry vines are probably the most overwhelming here on the best coast. Surprised it wasn’t even an honorable mention.

@BackyardEcology

Ай бұрын

Blackberries aren't vines, they are brambles - semi woody plants that spread by rhizomes - which is why they didn't make it into the video. This channel also doesn't cover the western US as it is too varied and different from the east where I live. Here in the east almost all of our bramble species are native and are super important to pollinators and wildlife. The Himalayan blackberry that is a huge problem on the west coast is not as well established in the east - yet.

@Mother-Goose-Homestead

19 күн бұрын

@@BackyardEcology However, wineberries! Nonnative bramble is everywhere in MD.

@BackyardEcology

19 күн бұрын

@@Mother-Goose-Homestead Wineberry and the few other introduced brambles in the eastern US may get a video in the future. Wineberry is mainly on the east coast and down the Blueridge - for now.

I just bought an acre, very overgrown, and have alot of vineage to remove. A few on the list, plus, Virginia creeper, poison ivy. How do you distinguish the one at end of video from wild grape?

@BackyardEcology

Ай бұрын

Kudzu has palmately compound leaves with three leaflets, wild grape has one big leaf. Virginia creeper and poison ivy are both native and used by a wide variety of pollinators and wildlife. While poison ivy near a house is not a good thing, I leave it in areas where people won't come into contact with it.

@user-hz2xl4co9u

Ай бұрын

@BackyardEcology sorry, I was actually talking about porcelain berry. Is in middle of clip.

@BackyardEcology

Ай бұрын

@@user-hz2xl4co9u They look very similar as they as closely related. The most foolproof way is by the fruit.

@ColRubyDimplesManacha

Ай бұрын

Oh joy... I've been thinking I had wild muscadine growing all over the place. Thanks for the info!

@BackyardEcology

Ай бұрын

@@ColRubyDimplesManacha It is a common misidentification.

How do you tell the difference between Oriental and American Bittersweet?

@BackyardEcology

Ай бұрын

I am planning a video on how to do it. Much easier to show it in pictures.

What controls these vines in their native habitat?

@BackyardEcology

Ай бұрын

The same things that control our native vines here - insects and other critters, other plant competition, the local conditions. There are plants from North America that are invasive problems on other continents too.

I have a problem with Virginia Creeper climbing trees and spreading everywhere . I didn’t plant it or the Vinca that is just as bad.

@BackyardEcology

Ай бұрын

Virginia creeper is an important native that is used by pollinators and wildlife. While it can trees and cover them with time, it is generally a little easier to control if needed than many of the invasive vines. Vinca will be getting its own video in the future - even though it is vine like, it isn't a true vine so it wasn't included in this video.

@iansammons2730

Ай бұрын

​​@@BackyardEcologyNative or not... it outcompetes everything. My yard when I bought my house had english ivy swarming one side and virginia creeper on the other and japanese honeysuckle and a couple of the other asian creepers on the third and fourth sides... everywhere they hit each other, Virginia creeper overwhelms the other and wins out.... what it doesn't do is climb as aggressively as the invasives.... but I spend ten times as much time ripping it off my plants as all the others combined. second worst is japanese honeysuckle... wish they were all as easy to deal with as the ivy.

@BackyardEcology

Ай бұрын

@@iansammons2730 Virginia creeper seems to be a bigger problem when planted without proper competition from the native species it adapted along with. In the woods it tend to be well behaved. It will take advantage of disturbance, but rarely is it engulfing things like invasive vines. In a woodland setting English ivy is a nightmare to control.

@garybrinker4522

12 күн бұрын

I'll let Virginia creeper take over Poison Ivy 😉

Is what you called winter vine also called myrtle, with little periwinkle spring flowers? And, I have English ivy growing in the yard edging, myrtle that has crept up into the yard (and shall be dealt with harshly this year), controlled Japanese clematis, trumpet vine (always under watch), and "potato vine" (wild morning glory). All except the clematis were here before we bought the place. We've lived here 30 years, and they're still here. The clematis blew here from our neighbor's yard, and I let it climb the porch rail in summer. I haven't tried hard to get rid of any besides the trumpet vines and potato vines, though the "myrtle" has left its boundaries and is becoming a problem. I always wonder, if left to the wild for 10 years what would prevail. There would be many rose of sharon and mulberry bushes amongst them. I have introduced red raspberry as well, which is growing like gangbusters. I may need to rethink my coexistence with these invasive species. I'm not entirely sure how best to get rid of them.

@BackyardEcology

2 ай бұрын

What is often referred to as myrtle is Vinca minor, a ground cover that was introduced way back. It can spread and take over quickly. It isn't a true vine but does behave somewhat like one. I'll be doing a video on it in the future. Invasive vines are tough to tackle, but can be dealt with eventually. Trumpet creeper is actually a beneficial native. It can be quite aggressive but if cut back hard every winter it can be kept in check.

@Bigfoottehchipmunk

2 ай бұрын

@@BackyardEcology Yes, I noticed trumpet is native. I've seen it controlled, as we do on our property. I've also seen it remove siding. Haha

@BackyardEcology

2 ай бұрын

@@Bigfoottehchipmunk Yes, you don't want it on your house ( or any vine for that matter for multiple reasons).

It's probably not a surprise, but porcelain berry is definitely in South Carolina, although it isn't shown on the map.

@BackyardEcology

Ай бұрын

They can't update the maps fast enough with some of these invasives.

There's also Wisteria macrostachya.

@BackyardEcology

Ай бұрын

Wisteria macrostachya is no longer a species and is considered a variety of Wisteria frutescens.

I just discovered your channel. Have you done a show on using grazing goats to get rid of invasives? There's a business opportunity there. People would pay to have someone feed their goats.

@BackyardEcology

Ай бұрын

No video on goats for invasive control, though I may do one in the future.

None of those things will go wild here in mid Arizona. 🤷. I don't even think you could get kudzu to go nuts here..... But I sure don't want to test it! 🙄

@BackyardEcology

Ай бұрын

Very true! None of these vines are adapted to an arid climate, but why chance it!

Our yard in MA is absolutely overrun with asian bittersweet and its a nightmare to get rid of. We're valiantly fighting a losing battle 😭

@BackyardEcology

Ай бұрын

Keep up the battle! Asian bittersweet is one tough vine to get rid of - but it can be done. It just takes a few years and a ton of work.

@mbuhtz

Ай бұрын

@@BackyardEcology How do you dispose of the vines? You can't chip them, and we end up with SO much waste material!

@BackyardEcology

Ай бұрын

@@mbuhtz It can be tough to dispose of huge amounts of removed invasive plants. Many have to be bagged and sent out with the trash, some can be burned. Composting runs the risk of any seeds surviving and just getting spread back on the landscape. Some counties will aid with the disposal so check with your local extension office to see if that is an option.

You didn't mention Bridal Creeper, well established on the West Coast, as I can testify. Spreads by both seeds and rhyzomes.

@BackyardEcology

Ай бұрын

Not one we have in the eastern US. The focus of the channel is from the Mississippi River valley east.

I’m looking for your information on the Tree of Heaven. I can’t tell this one from Black Walnut or Ash.

@BackyardEcology

Ай бұрын

I have a video on TOH vs black walnut. You can view it here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/h6V42cOqoKyTZJc.html

@garybrinker4522

12 күн бұрын

I thought it looked like Sumac..

@BackyardEcology

9 күн бұрын

@@garybrinker4522 It does look a lot like sumac. I made a video about how to tell them apart: kzread.info/dash/bejne/h5qWtcSHYtaol7Q.html

What would happen if you planted all these vines in the same area? Which one would win?

@BackyardEcology

27 күн бұрын

I would hate to see that piece of ground, but kudzu can outgrow them all.

Can you tell us how to get rid of these?

@BackyardEcology

Ай бұрын

There will be more information coming in the future about invasive species control!

What can you tell about Black Swallow wart? That thing is mean!

@BackyardEcology

Ай бұрын

It is a vine in the milkweed family that is native to Europe. Invasive in several states, mainly in the northern U.S. I don't see it here in KY thankfully! There is a native vine in the same genus that grows wild in my area. Not near the problem its invasive cousin is!

@debraclogston9379

Ай бұрын

@@BackyardEcology

@1:00 in, W. frutescens sometimes has white flowers. (Side note: You bouncing with every syllable is *slightly* distracting. I know, Aspies stim, but when on camera, maybe try to not? I like your content and presentation.) @7:47, I have A. cordata in my arbor. The fruit tastes AWFUL!!! But hey, I have it smothering a cluster of crepe myrtle in one corner of my yard, so there's that. It makes GORGEOUS, thick vines, thick enough to sit on, as they bend down, and will often make a cluster of thick vines that create abstract sculptures in the air. @9:50, now I am kinda p*ssed at a former Botany teacher. On a field trip, he pointed out this vine, and said it was Native, so I brought some bulbils home and spread them. They took, and today, almost 20 years later, they are doing quite well. Too well. I might have suspected, but I was told wrong. Now, I need to go remove some things.... ugh. Kudzu is pronounced, "KOOd-zoo," not, "KUd-zoo." It's Japanese. Technically, it would be, KuDuZu, three characters in Hiragana or Katakana. where the middle u is silenced, or nearly so, almost like an apostrophe was there, KuD'Zu, for a pause. It's young leaves are great to eat as a tender green, cooked as anyone would. We had some growing on the South Beach southern staircase in South Haven, Michigan, where its growth WAS controlled by the bitter winter cold from Lake Michigan winds. It's flowers smell strangely like those old erasers they used to make that they claimed smelled like grapes. A weird, artificial grape aroma. Anyway, most of the plant is edible, and goats are the best way to eradicate it, as has been done in parts of the south, where I now live.

How about bind weed , can't get ride of it , it grew over from my neighbors yard .

@BackyardEcology

Ай бұрын

Bindweed is bad, but it tends to be mostly found in disturbed areas like ag fields and yards which is why it didn't make the list. I may do a video on it and its morning glory cousins.

I don't live in Eastern US, and am wondering why you didn't include the entire country on this otherwise very useful video.

@BackyardEcology

Ай бұрын

Simple - I live in the eastern US and am familiar with what grows here. Things out west are quite different, and cover a ton of ecosystems. It would take more than one channel just to cover the western US and do it well.

All vines seem to be evasive. I pull vines up every year by my creek. They will strangle every thing.

@BackyardEcology

2 күн бұрын

Native vines are a vital part of a functional ecosystem. They do not cause problems in a functioning native plant community. If you are strictly managing for timber income then the native vines are often looked at as a problem.

Wisteria smells so good tho

@BackyardEcology

Ай бұрын

It does! At least there is a native species of it.

I didn’t realize that Japanese hops was growing through my cucumber plants. I had gloves on but had touched my neck to move my hair and a day later I had a bad rash on my neck like poison ivy. I still have it as it’s been only a week. I’m using calamine lotion, benedryl and cool cloths. It’s miserable. It was wound all around my cucumber stems.

@BackyardEcology

9 күн бұрын

Ouch! The bristles on Japanese hop stems and leaves can cause a rash in some people. Hopefully it clears up quickly for you.

@rousiecat4615

8 күн бұрын

@@BackyardEcologyI hope it clears up too. It’s worse today. The plant had actually caught on my clothing too. No idea where it came from but it almost destroyed my cucumbers

@BackyardEcology

8 күн бұрын

@@rousiecat4615 It is a super aggressive vine.

oh, ivy too?

@BackyardEcology

Ай бұрын

English ivy is a highly invasive vine that is causing a ton of problems in our North American ecosystem. It has zero benefit to our pollinators, wildlife, or native plants.

I thought Japanese honeysuckle was a bush honeysuckle not a vine honeysuckle.

@BackyardEcology

Ай бұрын

Nope. The vine is Japanese honeysuckle, there are several invasive bush honeysuckles - but none of them go by the common name Japanese honeysuckle.

I'm surprised you did not mention winter creeper. That is the bane of my existence on my property.

@BackyardEcology

2 ай бұрын

Wintercreeper is in the video. It is a huge problem in my are also!

I have so many invasive vines. I hate English ivy and oriental bittersweet and honeysuckle.

@BackyardEcology

Ай бұрын

Invasive vines are some of the toughest invasives to control. They are just generally super hardy and so fast growing.

The problem is that people are making money with licensing/patenting these plants that are not native because they can't license/patent the nativ one

@BackyardEcology

Ай бұрын

Cultivars of native plants can and are patented just like any other cultivar. There are many of them on the market. The straight species can't be patented.

I mean at least with Japanese wisteria we'd be safe against demons, soo...?

@BackyardEcology

16 күн бұрын

I made that very same remark in my video about fleabanes...

English Ivy can be turned into liquid cleanser, it contains saponins, so don't feel bad about cutting it back and boiling it. Seen the euonymous winter creeper growing in my neighborhood on the wall of a neighborhood funeral home. A funeral home who's director doesn't understand why I make disparaging remarks about the lawn of his establishment. It is, after all, perfectly uniform, well saturated in herbicide and the gardens vigorously clipped. >. Asian bittersweet, I've seen it choking power lines in my town. But besides that, I saw a youtube video of a maryland couple making bittersweet into lawn ornaments. If I find chocolate vine, its getting uprooted and put in my stomach. Can Japanese hops be used in making beer or sedating tea? I've seen the resemblance between porcelain berry and wild grapes. I found them while hunting for wild grapes, growing near them. I remember my consternation that here was another unknown lookalike for a favorite fall ambition, wild grape jelly. Haven't seen tearthumb. I would like to eat an invading chinese yam. nomnomnom. how's it taste? Kudzu I have never seen, but I've heard of it being used for baskets. And I've also heard of the roots being used for cooking starch. I wouldn't mind cutting some up Kudzu vines in the name of fiber art! pretty pretty please?

@ItsDaJax

Ай бұрын

Winter Creeper has thorns? Kudzu can be eaten, but I don't know what parts, Porcelain berries can be eaten, too.

@AnimeShinigami13

Ай бұрын

@@ItsDaJax Yes but you need to be 100% sure enough to the point where you're willing to risk your life. Are you willing to risk your life on that?

@ItsDaJax

Ай бұрын

@@AnimeShinigami13 Google both. Porcelain berries are edible.

I live in Albuquerquie, New Mexico, where there has been a draught since the sixties??! So the westside of town was all built and landscaped with "drought resistant" trees and plants. They are invasive weeds. My apartment complex is covered in all kinds of these vines. The grass is full of dangerous grasses that can really hurt your dog, like goatheads, burrs, and fox tails. It's ugly and awful, and all corporate caused. My beautiful state has been rap*d by greed.

@edie4321

28 күн бұрын

@@markdavis3539 , Oh, excuse my typo. I do know how to spell, thank you.

Where is Japanese climbing fern?

@BackyardEcology

Ай бұрын

Not an actual vine, but a fern that is somewhat vine-like, which is why it isn't in the video. I will likely cover it in it's own video.

Unfortunately there's not currently much we can do beyond education at this time. Perhaps with enough support some sort of regulation could happen, in general though the companies will follow the money.

@BackyardEcology

Ай бұрын

The tide is turning though, slowly but it is. There will always be those that don't care and will plant whatever they feel like, but there is a growing group that is trying to do the right thing.

@7:50 You shaved and put the same shirt back on!

Wintercreeper is all over wichita ks

@BackyardEcology

2 ай бұрын

It is a rapidly spreading problem.

yo, that's grapes on the thumbnail watcha got against grapes?

@BackyardEcology

Ай бұрын

That is porcelain berry on the thumbnail - a highly invasive vine that has zero benefit to our native ecosystems.

Like so many plant stores ive been in who wont give anything away even if it will save life, the dollar bill is more important to everyone than the real shit in their life

Job security for landscapers

@BackyardEcology

16 күн бұрын

A good number of these vines ended up here as landscape plants.

Just ID'd porcelain vine for me. Found a sample on the way to visiting Mom, thought it was utterly gorgeous (still do) but it's like the apple handed to Snow White. No thanks...& thank goodness I found out!

@BackyardEcology

3 ай бұрын

It is super easy to spot once you know what to look for - and you will see it all over the place unfortunately.

Having lived in Vermont all my short life, ive never seen any of the plants tht were not coloured in red here, as to be honest, im sure there are some yet catalogued invasives as well. Luckily, we're in zones 3+4, and the vines cant survive our winters, even most of the tubers freeze and die, but with global warming, it's sad to say that we'll eventually be covered in everything else thats terrorised our nation.

@BackyardEcology

Ай бұрын

The far northeast is free from many invasives due to the weather, but there are still plenty of them up there - Norway maple is a big problem up that way.