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Apr 7, 2022 6:11 PM CST
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Name: Nettie
Melrose, FL (Zone 9a)
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Here is another invasive climber that I would like help identifying.
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Apr 7, 2022 6:21 PM CST
Name: Gina
Florida (Zone 9a)
Tropical plant collector 40 years
Aroids Region: Florida Tropicals
grapevine?
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Apr 7, 2022 6:39 PM CST
Name: James
North Louisiana (Zone 8b)
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or Muscadine (aka scuppernongs)
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Apr 7, 2022 7:36 PM CST
Name: Gina
Florida (Zone 9a)
Tropical plant collector 40 years
Aroids Region: Florida Tropicals
the bane of my existance here on my 5 acres LOL. Especially when the birds and squirrels get all the grapes
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Apr 8, 2022 5:24 AM CST
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Name: Nettie
Melrose, FL (Zone 9a)
Butterflies Native Plants and Wildflowers
Thank You! very much Gina and James Smiling i haven't seen it produce any fruit though. it seems to be a native plant so i'm not sure if i should eradicate it. It's very invasive and it's growing mostly on part of our property fence. Kindly let me know your thoughts about getting rid of it. Once again Thank You!
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Apr 8, 2022 5:30 AM CST
Name: Gina
Florida (Zone 9a)
Tropical plant collector 40 years
Aroids Region: Florida Tropicals
There is no real way to get rid of it, I'm not sure exactly where you live, but its an established native plant in the hardwood hammock that will just arise in another place if you cut it back in one. The vines that it arises from are probably ancient and themselves the size of small trees. The vine roots as it goes and pops up everywhere. It fruits in late summer, often you won;t see a lot of fruit near the ground, it fruits up in the trees and the animals eat the fruit. Its a main source of food for the native arboreal wildlife.You may see fruit on the ground that was dropped or fell. Most fruit at my place that gets produced nearer the ground also gets cropped off by animals. The best you can do is trim it off the fence at regular intervals IMO.
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Apr 8, 2022 5:49 AM CST
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Name: Nettie
Melrose, FL (Zone 9a)
Butterflies Native Plants and Wildflowers
Thanks again Gina Smiling This is very useful information. i live in Melrose FL. i will definitely leave it be. It saves me a lot of work but most importantly, it's there for a reason and it's important to honor that reason Smiling
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Apr 8, 2022 5:53 AM CST
Name: Gina
Florida (Zone 9a)
Tropical plant collector 40 years
Aroids Region: Florida Tropicals
It does go dormant in winter so that is a positive
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Apr 8, 2022 5:54 AM CST
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Name: Nettie
Melrose, FL (Zone 9a)
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Thumbs up Thank You!
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Apr 8, 2022 6:36 AM CST
Name: stone
near Macon Georgia (USA) (Zone 8a)
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Apparently muscadine have male and female vines, and not seeing grapes isn't surprising for this vine.

I dig them out with a mattock when the soil is moist.

They root along the stem everywhere that it touches ground... and produce enough weight to rip tops out of mature oaks... so have the potential to cause a good bit of damage.... But they can be killed by mechanical means... which is more than I can say about chinese wisteria... A far worse problem!
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