Are these invasive species?

edlincoln

7 years ago

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macranthos
7 years ago
We will need to know where you are.
floral_uk z.8/9 SW UK
7 years ago
Top one looks like Thyme. Does the foliage have a strong scent when rubbed?

Second is a Maple. Not a genus I know anything about.
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Hi, gg. I am in the process of trying to up load pics. Maybe it is Botrysphaeria. (Never heard of it, but I'm not that well versed.) Maybe the pics will appear now. This is the end of the process, when the branch is almost dead. This is how it starts. It occurs in all years here. I am in So. Cen. PA, and this particular location on my place is near a Japanese maple, a Prunus mume and a high bush blueberry.
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NHBabs z4b-5a NH
7 years ago
last modified: 7 years ago
Ed is in MA, so Ed you may want to add that to your profile so it always shows up. You can add it as part of your publicly displayed name or as part of your zone info.

The first one is a honeysuckle (illustrating why a scale of some type is helpful). Is it a shrub or does it look like a vine? If a shrub it is invasive, probably Lonicera morrowii.

The maple is either black, sugar or Norway, but with only half unfolded leaves, I can't be sure which.
edlincoln
Original Author
7 years ago
last modified: 7 years ago
I suspected the first one was Asian honeysuckle. It's a small shrub, and we have honeysuckle elsewhere. This one sprung up in my nursery bed.

Trying to determine if the self-sown maple saplings are Norway or sugar maple to be preserved. Clearly the feral descendants of a lawn tree. Unfortunately, these shots are ones I took on a visit to the parental units Mother's Day...since I can't go out and take more until my next visit. Notice the lack of helicopters. There was a teeny, tiny bit of white sap when I pulled off the leaf, but not much. Next time I come down, what should I photograph to identify it?
floral_uk z.8/9 SW UK
7 years ago
There is no scale on the top photo. I had assumed the leaves were very small. I'm still not totally convinced by the Lonicera id. The way the pairs of leaves are arranged at right angles to the pair above and below looks odd to me. Could you tell us the leaf size? Can you show the whole plant? And does is smell?
edlincoln
Original Author
7 years ago
Yes, I'm in Massachusetts.

The whole plant is about the size of a golden retriever or child's tricycle. The leaves are an inch long. No smell...yet. Honeysuckle hasn't bloomed yet here. (An unseasonably cool summer means we are behind.) That's almost the whole plant. It's at my Mom's so I can't take more photos until my next visit. Trying to decide if I should go down with round up and a saw.
floral_uk z.8/9 SW UK
7 years ago
OK, thanks - so definitely not Thyme! I had the scale totally wrong.
Dave in NoVA • N. Virginia • zone 7A
7 years ago
ed, you can easily update your name that appears with your post so you don't always have to answer people when they ask about your location. LOL!

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