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ID please. Could it be Alder?

Suffolk, United Kingdom

Can anyone help ID this please.
It's doing it's best to cover the hawthorn hedge. It's a woody shrublike thing with dull green leaves & impossible to pull out. When you try to dig it out the root leads you to the next one that's popped up & so on. So it grows like couch with a rhyzome type root. No thorns or spikes tho.

I'm still trying to ID this hedging type plant & have added another pic in the hope that someone will recognise it. The closest I've found is that of the Alder but I haven't seen any catkins or cones so am not convinced but did find this which again fits with its behaviour:
Note on Alder roots: Alder has invasive roots that can break old water pipes and damage the foundations of old buildings or walls. 30 metres away from vulnerable structures is a safe distance to plant Alder.

The hedge is a very old country hedge on my boundary.




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Are you sure there are no spines? It looks like blackthorn, Prunus spinosa.

18 Jun, 2015

 

No, def no spines.

18 Jun, 2015

 

nope, I'm baffled. Sorry!

19 Jun, 2015

How do I say thanks?

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