Large weed ID, please.

mybrownthumbz6

last year

KC area. ~2-3’ tall. Mixed in with what i think is bur cucumber, giant ragweed, Johnson grass, and oak sapplings.

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fig_insanity Z7b E TN
last year
Any thorns? If so, I'd say a young Robina pseudoacacia, black locust.
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Jay 6a Chicago
last year
Robinia pseudoacacia has odd pinnate leaves. This looks more like Gleditsia triacanthos. A look at the bark might help confirm.
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Well pull it up, dry it out, and sell it for $100 per ounce to kids. It looks like rag weed which is in the same family as Mary Jane. Any broadleaf herbicide will take car of it if there is too much to hand pull.
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Looks like celastrus orbiculatus, Oriental bittersweet. A terrible invasive and very vigorous. Unless you're very persistent, cutting back a specimen of that size isn't enough. I would cut it close to the ground, use a sharp knife or pruners to strip as much bark as you can off of the stump and then paint the stump with undiluted roundup or brush-b-gon. With either herbicide, buy the most concentrated possible (the ideal is something with a high percentage--60%+--of triclopyr). Keep an eye out for regrowth and repeat as necessary.
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Ok dahlia yes I think so The large one lying flat is different I'll try to get a better photo tomorrow. For the person who thinks I don't know what a weed is: telling someone that a weed is something growing where they don't want it is 1) condescending 2) annoying 3) useless I know some of you are regulars but my advice is don't condescend.
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decided to let it be. I know, I know... Now I have a whole bunch of them. ==>>. that plus floras comment.. make it .. imo.. an aggressive seeder/runner that is bent on world domination ... and that definition fits well within my definition of a weed ... ken
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bengz6westmd
last year
Agree w/Jay -- a honeylocust seedling.
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Jay 6a Chicago
last year
Honey Locust has vicious thorns that evolved to repel megafauna. The megafauna are gone but the thorns remain.
ViburnumValley central KY Bluegrass z6
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And rubber tires!!!

Gleditsia triacanthos also has bipinnate compound leaves - as illustrated - which Robinia pseudoacacia lacks.

Common Honeylocust is also a prolific colonizer, producing flocks of suckering stems from its root system. mybrownthumbz6: has anyone cut down/removed a Honeylocust anywhere nearby recently? If so, there will be more of these stems evidenced in the area.

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Large weed ID, please.

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