NFR Tree ID

[SteelHeadDave]

The English Holly tree is an invasive/noxious tree in Washington, Oregon and BC among other places...

English Holly sucks for sure We should rename this thread or start a new one about our most hated trees and weeds. Actually I might just do that

 

[Matt B]

English Holly sucks for sure We should rename this thread or start a new one about our most hated trees and weeds. Actually I might just do that

Yeah if we just start naming non native plants we find particularly vexing, this could go on quite a while.

 

[TicTokCroc]

English Ivy..

 

[Matt B]

Knotweed...Japanese knotweed, bohemian knotweed, giant knotweed, and hybrids of these damned polygonum spp.

 

[RCF]

Morning Glory - beautiful flower, grows fast but impossible to get rid of it.

 

[Long_Rod_Silvers]

Knotweed...Japanese knotweed, bohemian knotweed, giant knotweed, and hybrids of these damned polygonum spp.

The one benefit (and this is really trying to find some good) of knotweed is when there's bears around, you can tell where they are, or travel. They knock the knotweed down when they walk through it and it creates a pretty visible trail around coho creeks and it's really obvious where they are/have been.

 

[Tom Butler]

I think that is a washington hawthorn. We have the fireberry and coloumbia around here (I think). Quite prolific.
I hate it, and the thorns. We were running survey line about 2 miles in off Biscuit Ridge when my machete bounced of the hawthorn limb and cut into my wrist exposing gleaming white bone. My rod man went into shock and became useless. I packed and carried the instrument, then kicked his ass all the way out while holding the wound closed over my head. Then I had to drive to St. Marys as he couldn't stop shaking.
I got full function back after the neurosurgeon did his stuff.

 

[Old Man]

Game plan is to rip root wads out with a chain and tractor. Don't need anymore invasives. I have 400 + yards of fence line overcome with Himalayan blackberry up to 8feet tall and downed Alders to clean up also

Blackberries. Another one that just doesn't want to let you kill them. Get a few goats and let them get rid of them berries.

 

[TicTokCroc]

Blackberries. Another one that just doesn't want to let you kill them. Get a few goats and let them get rid of them berries.

We just put down the 2 sheep that lived down there, they were super old and had health issues. The sheep never touched the berries. I have friends with goats, maybe I can borrow a few