Out here in high desert country, we generally take the attitude that if it is anything other than Sagebrush or Chamisa and it is able to survive and grow, leave it alone and cheer for it.
Out here in high desert country, we generally take the attitude that if it is anything other than Sagebrush or Chamisa and it is able to survive and grow, leave it alone and cheer for it.
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Peter1469 (07-22-2020),stjames1_53 (07-22-2020)
In the picture it's hard to see the leaf arrangement. I know what you mean by the opposing thumb thing, but poison ivy doesn't always have that feature - see pictures below. That's why people get confused.
"Poison ivy can be a bit of a chameleon. It looks similar to several common backyard plants including Virginia creeper and boxelder. The leaves of poison ivy may be shiny or dull and the leaf margins may be toothed or wavy, or have no teeth at all. The leaves may be hairy, or have no hairs at all. Its appearance can vary greatly, but in all cases it has compound leaves that consist of three leaflets. The leaflets are 2-5 inches long, green during the growing season and turning scarlet red in fall. The leaves are arranged in an alternate pattern on the stem. The terminal (end) leaflet has a longer stalk than the lateral (side) leaflets."
https://www.canr.msu.edu/news/identi...ays_easy_to_do
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I believe that is Virginia Creeper. I have an app on my phone named Plantnet It's been very helpful to me.
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Eek, no.
One of our cats fought with a large snake, we thought was a copperhead. Saw it strike him multiple times. Emergency vet visit, shots, and 300 bucks later.....it was a milk snake. We did kill that snake, just to get the cat away from it. Plus, the emergency vet told us to bring it for identification. I felt bad for the snake.
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Collateral Damage (07-22-2020),John Galt (07-22-2020),Peter1469 (07-22-2020)
I'd say it's Boston Ivy. There are a couple different varieties of that, so not every picture of it you can find online will have the same leaf shape.
Virginia Creeper is similar, but the 5-leaflets are skinnier and fairly uniform, and it doesn't form dense surface mats like that.
To kill any big vine or woody plant, the treatment is the same. Cut it off at the base and immediately (within a minute) apply 20% glyphosate solution to the freshly cut stump. That's gives me a 99% success rate at permanently killing anything, and it only takes a little bit.
Standard RoundUp is about 2.5% glyphosate. That's not strong enough. To get 20%, you have to go to Rural King, Tractor Supply Company or a similar store, and buy a 2.5 gallon jug of 41% glyphosate. You pour some of that into a small spray bottle and dilute it 50/50 with water to get a 20% solution.
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DGUtley (07-22-2020)
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countryboy (07-22-2020),Peter1469 (07-22-2020)
countryboy (07-22-2020)
Collateral Damage (07-23-2020),Peter1469 (07-22-2020)