Identify Invasive Vines - Porcelain Berry
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- Опубліковано 15 лип 2024
- In this short video, learn how to identify porcelain berry (Ampelopsis brevipedunculata), a vine with high invasive potential in the Great Lakes region. Porcelain berry is used occassionally as an ornamental plant for its bright blue berries. While the berries are cool looking, this plant is notorious for taking over streambanks and other disturbed areas in the Mid Atlantic. From the leaves alone, it can also look a lot like native grape vines. This video will show you what to look for and how to distinguish from grapes. Learn more about this species here: woodyinvasives.org/woody-inva...
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Well done, thank you.
I also am from Long Island NY. I live on a big piece of property and this stuff is everywhere! It grows super fast and kills the other plants it covers. It does however help tame down some of the wild rose plants that have also grown huge and out of control.
Thank you! This was very helpful
I'm not experienced with identifying vines, but I just moved into a new property that has this one vine that looks like grape vine and I'm trying to identify it before deciding what to do with it. I'm using Google Lense to great effect elsewhere, but it's split on this vine as much as I am. Sometimes it says "pepper vine" and sometimes "grape vine" with various specific species each time I grab a snapshot. But now after searching for help I found your video and I'm wondering if it's actually a Porcelain Vine.
So I'm really glad I found your video, but I'm still confused about my vine in particular. Its bark does peel so much that it's much older section looked downright dry and dead when we moved here in January, but rapid new growth has started. This makes me lean Grape, yet it's younger sections have the white pores you show in your video. If the pores were a clue, the youngest green growth does not have the little hairs which once again suggests it's not likely Porcelain. Right now in May it's growing these clusters of tiny balls that look like early flower buds, but could just be more leaves, and they match the cluster design of the flowers you show here for Porcelain Berry flowers. Speaking of the leaves, they're no help at all. They look exactly like Grape, Pepper, and Porcelain had a conference and decided on a uniform. Mostly one lobe with just the faintest suggestion of 2 more on the sides, and generally heart shaped. ((Edit: actually one leaf in particular is huge. Roughly 5 inches wide and 7 inches long if not maybe a bit larger. It's up high so it's hard to measure. Many others are 4 inches wide. I heard in another video that size matters with identifying Grape being on the large side, so I figured I should come back and include this info.))
So I guess I'm just wondering if you could help me identify the vine. Is the peeling a dead giveaway for Grape, or is there a chance it's a less appetizing Porcelain or even poisonous Pepper Vine?
I have young kids, so I'd want to eradicate Pepper Vine fore it bears fruit, but if it's Grape I'd want to take clippings and propagate it into more of a controlled garden growth for our enjoyment. Any help would be highly appreciated!
It doesn't sound like porcelain vine, but you are welcome to send photos to mipn@mortonarb.org and we'll work on getting it IDed for you. Close ups of the leaves, stem, and buds would be especially helpful.
I live in Huntington, WV which is in the tri-state area of Ohio, WV, and Kentucky and on the Ohio River. I found it in my yard behind a solid wooden fence. I thought it was so beautiful. We did get rid of it, sadly, but it was trying to take over. It was the prettiest vine I’ve ever seen. If I lived in the country I might have just let it go. 🌷
I hate this plant lol. I don't say that much, but the first year I saw it growing up into the elm tree we had and thought, "Wow, look at those colored berries. How cool!" The next year it took the elm tree down. The year after that, they had completely taken over the entire woodline in my back yard. Luckily my brother came by with his skidsteer and made short work of them, but as hardy as they are, taking it upon themselves to grow and breaking at the root before you can pull them out of the ground... I fear it's not the last I've seen of them yet.
Honeysuckle abound here too. But at least it can be a fun task chopping then down every year. I bruised my ribs this year while pulling on porcelainberry vines. Still recovering lol.
I might have one by garage door so I will need to remove its a baby too don't know if I have more.
I'm in jersey.
If you need help with ID or removal advice, visit woodyinvasives.org/woody-invasive-species/porcelain-berry/
It’s very unreported we’re I live because no one cares for their garden we’re I’m at on Long Island, the past 2 yrs it’s popped up literally everywhere in my yard and gardens and I’m having a really awful time trying rid of it. It is now strangling my sprinklers 😭 the roots are unbelievable and systemic weed killer didn’t help at all
Some studies have shown that chemical treatment in the fall may be more effective. Woodyinvasives.org has more information. Also, we are hoping to hold a webinar at the end of the year specifically on porcelain berry. Join the MIPN listserv (mipn.org) to stay up to date on what we'll have to offer on this topic this year.