Also called Asian bittersweet, Asiatic bittersweet, 🇨🇳 Chinese bittersweet and round-leaved bittersweet. In North America, being rebranded with the more-culturally-sensitive name invasive bittersweet.
An acquaintance
calls it strangler vine.
Part of
bittersweet or staff vine family Celastraceae.
Native to eastern Asia.
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Invasive > Michigan
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Nice drawing. (page 38)
Uses by native peoples
(Ethnobotany database)
On No-Planting List by Seneca Nation of Indians SNI. (pages 58 and 60)
This species is the primary target being controlled by
prescribed browsing,
using
domestic goats Capra aegagrus hircus,
described in The Environment Report article
New weapon to fight invasive plants in Michigan? Goats
or its
🔊︎ audio
, and the Great Lakes Now article
Hero Goats: Ottawa Parks in Michigan hires goat herd to fight invasive species
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🇺🇸 In the USA, the
USDA suggests
those seeking wreaths or 🍒︎ showy fruit replace this plant with
native alternatives
American bittersweet Celastrus scandens
or
Virginia rose Rosa virginiana.
[1]
Native alternatives (Great Lakes green entries). (page 3)
More native alternatives (Missouri Botanical Garden).