Vine identification with THORNS!
toronado_3800
7 years ago
Pulled this from a naturalish flower bed today. I am in zone 6 StLouis. Feel like I should know it.
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Toronado3800 Zone 6 St Louis
7 years agolast modified: 7 years agoRelated Discussions
horrid wild vine 20 ft high 3/4 inch thorns zone 5
Comments (7)Smilax! Some of them are very hardy. The tender green tips of the vines, collected in spring, are edible and popular in the Appalachia and in the Republic of Armenia. I know it sounds strange......See MoreVine with big leaves and thorns all over it? What is this?
Comments (5)Well, It certainly looks nasty and painful. I would get it out of there before it get so big you can't. I have found that desirable plants usually do not volunteer like weeds do. You might try taking a piece of it to your county extension if you really want to salvage it. Take care that it doesn't injure you. Good luck...See Moreugly envasive vine with thorns
Comments (2)It sounds like one of the species of Greenbrier (Smilax sp.). Look at the images linked below and see if any of them resemble it. We have several kinds of them growing wild here in our woods, and occasionally the come up in the garden. It is hard to dig up because the roots are very large and can run very deeply. You can kill it by pruning it back hard, waiting until a couple of new leaves sprout, and then painting a chemical stump killer onto the new growth. You may have to reapply several times. The first few years after we moved here, we spent every winter removing this stuff from our woods. It had been growing wild there for decades and the vines at the ground were almost as big around as my wrist and were more like trees than vines. We used the chain saw to cut through them. Dawn Here is a link that might be useful: Assorted Images of Greenbrier...See MoreVine growing on historic house steps. Red thorns, not poison ivy?
Comments (5)It's a damn Blackberry of some sorts. Yank it before somebody trips over it. ;-)...See Moreken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
7 years agoAtlamol
7 years agolast modified: 7 years agoken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
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fatamorgana2121
7 years ago
denise caci
4 years ago
peren.all Zone 5a Ontario Canada
4 years agolast modified: 4 years ago
Mokinu
4 years agolast modified: 4 years agoHere are some pictures of some black raspberries for comparison (unknown species, but our neighbors say they're blackcaps). I just ate the pictured cluster (our neighbors said we could eat those on our side of the fence). I love them. The fruit ripens in June or July here in SW Idaho (not everbearing).
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