{"id":224,"date":"2021-03-21T14:37:13","date_gmt":"2021-03-21T18:37:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fredstories.com\/dorknewyork\/?p=224"},"modified":"2021-03-21T16:42:14","modified_gmt":"2021-03-21T20:42:14","slug":"vines-have-taken-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fredstories.com\/dorknewyork\/vines-have-taken-over\/","title":{"rendered":"Vines Have Taken Over New York"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Once you see it, you can\u2019t unsee it; vines have covered New York.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Well, a lot of New York).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are so many different kinds of vines. I don\u2019t know a lot about them, and fear mislabeling them, so I will generally describe them and give my guess as to what they\u2019re called based off of googling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, to start, what is technically a vine?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Merriam-Webster dictionary, a vine is \u201ca plant whose stem requires support and which climbs by tendrils or twining or creeps along the ground.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then, there are climbing vines and creeping vines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Climbers are plants that latch on to other objects and grow upwards. Creepers make a network on the ground. It is possible for a vine to be both a climber and a creeper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Common Ivy or English Ivy.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Often seen growing up trees or over houses. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Hanging-Tree vines or Wild Grape Vines.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    These plants are crazy. Walk near the woods in the brown season, and there is a good chance you\u2019ll see these climbers everywhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    They start anywhere on the ground and weave their way up and around other plants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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        Poison Ivy.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

        Either I\u2019ve never touched poison ivy in my life or I\u2019m just not allergic to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        I have been absolutely fascinated by how these plants latch on to a tree and refuse to let go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        Through a Facebook post, I learned that these vines were actually poison ivy, which explains why I saw some of the steams cut off at the base.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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              Might not be poison ivy. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>
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              Oriental Bittersweet Vine.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

              I\u2019m not 100% sure that is what is depicted here, but from what I can gather, oriental bittersweet vines are invasive and squeeze the bejeebees out of their victims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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              Other Smugglers.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

              Perhaps these are just grapes. Nonetheless, they’re pretty. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                Not entirely sure what these are, but they love coating the land in a blanket of leaves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                Check out the view from my apartment window.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                So, next time you’re walking around, you might be surprised how easy it is to find <\/em>all different kinds<\/em> of vines<\/em>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                Once you see it, you can’t unsee it; vines have covered New York. (Well, a lot of New York). There are so many different kinds of vines. I don’t know a lot about them, and fear mislabeling them, so I will generally describe them and give my guess as to what they’re called based off … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":230,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[48,45,50,47,49,51,44,4,5,46,52,42,43],"class_list":["post-224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-other","tag-crazy","tag-explore","tag-grapes","tag-growing","tag-interesting","tag-ivy","tag-nature","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-state","tag-plants","tag-poison-ivy","tag-vine","tag-vines"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredstories.com\/dorknewyork\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/159969637_817565419107297_1495141422234133033_n.jpg?fit=1934%2C1451&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fredstories.com\/dorknewyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fredstories.com\/dorknewyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fredstories.com\/dorknewyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fredstories.com\/dorknewyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fredstories.com\/dorknewyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/fredstories.com\/dorknewyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":308,"href":"https:\/\/fredstories.com\/dorknewyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224\/revisions\/308"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fredstories.com\/dorknewyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fredstories.com\/dorknewyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fredstories.com\/dorknewyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fredstories.com\/dorknewyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}