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Hello, any idea what this vine is? It's very invasive. It's in full bloom now on Long Island, NY



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Looks like one of the Clematis species to me that often smother railway banks etc over in the UK and is often referred to as "old mans beard" They spread like wildfire from seed and can be an absolute swine to pull out.

11 Sep, 2014

 

Yep, looks very much like C. vitalba. Not native to USA, but has been introduced and is now classed as a pest because of its invasiveness.

11 Sep, 2014

 

Thanks you

11 Sep, 2014

 

Looking at this again I wonder if it is C fargesii rather than C. vitalba? Depends to a certain extent on how big the flowers are, fargesi flowers are very much bigger.

13 Sep, 2014

 

thank you so much for trying to figure this out. I know it's not easy. The flowers are approximately 2 inches in diameter.

13 Sep, 2014

 

Then fargesii is more likely than vitalba. Cannot find out if that has been introduced into the USA though. Perhaps you could Google it and see?

13 Sep, 2014

 

It does seem peculiar - seems a little out of place too. It's extremely tenacious, I will Google it and thanks again.

Paul :)

13 Sep, 2014

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