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14 years ago

i want to say hi because this is my first time in the vines forum.

my question is for identification of a vine that is woody and growing on the powerlines,it has berries that are varrying shades of unnaturally blue color some lighter or darker.

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kayjones
14 years ago
Porcelain Berry Vine aka Ampelopsis brevipedunculata.
karyn1
14 years ago
I agree with Kayjones on that ID. There's another vine that has similar colored berries called a Mile a Minute vine (Persicaria perfoliata). It's not woody and is covered with small sharp barbs. It's horribly invasive here, more so then the Porcelain Berry. The seeds are spread by birds.
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Gerris2 (Joseph Delaware Zone 7a)
14 years ago
Hi staticx, welcome to the Vines forum!

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