Dirty Dozen Invasive Vines You NEED to Know!

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Some of the worst invasive plant species in eastern North America are vines such as English ivy, wintercreeper, and Asian bittersweet. Invasive vines are problematic in a way that differs from woody and herbaceous invasive plants – the vines can climb. This allows invasive vines to not only impact native plant growth at ground level, but the vines can also overwhelm and kill large trees. Most have explosive growth rates and can cover a wide swath in a short period of time making control of them a top priority. There are many species of invasive vines in North America - this video covers a dozen that are widespread and are adapted to a variety of conditions. Be on the look out for them and stop them as quickly as possible!

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Chapters:
0:00 Why Invasive Vines are Bad
0:27 Asiatic Wisteria, Chinese Wisteria Wisteria sinensis, Japanese Wisteria Wisteria floribunda, Range, Habit, Where it Grows, How it Got to North America, Native Alternative American Wisteria Wisteria frutescens
1:04 English Ivy Hedera helix, Range, Habit, Where it Grows, How it Got to North America
1:51 Wintercreeper Euonymus fortune, Range, Habit, Where it Grows, How it got to North America
2:47 Japanese Honeysuckle Lonicera Japonica, Range, Habit, Where it Grows, How it got to North America
3:24 Asian Bittersweet Celastrus orbiculatus, Range, Habit, Where it Grows, How it got to North America, Native Alternative American Bittersweet Celastrus scandens
4:17 Autumn Clematis Clematis terniflora, Range, Habit, Where it Grows, How it got to North America, Native Alternative Virgin’s Bower Clematis virginiana
4:58 Why are We Still Selling Invasive Plants?
5:34 Chocolate Vine Akebia quinata, Range, Habit, Where it Grows, How it got to North America
6:17 Japanese Hops Humulus japonicus, Range, Habit, Where it Grows, How it got to North America
6:59 Porcelain Berry Ampelopsis glandulosa, Range, Habit, Where it Grows, How it got to North America, Native Alternatives Peppervine Ampelopsis arborea and Heartleaf Peppervine Ampelopsis cordata
7:49 How to Help Support Backyard Ecology
8:29 Asiatic Tearthumb Persicaria perfoliata, Range, Habit, Where it Grows, How it got to North America
9:15 Chinese Yam Dioscorea polystachya, Range, Habit, Where it Grows, How it got to North America
10:03 Kudzu Pueraria montana, Range, Habit, Where it Grows, How it got to North America
11:00 There are Plenty of Great Native Vines!