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Chocolate vine or Fiveleaf vine
Akebia quinata
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Description:
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Facts:
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Introduced as a garden escapee, the Chocolate vine is a quick growing twining woody vine. If left unmanaged it can cover, outcompete and kill native ground level herbage, understorey shrubs and young trees.
Once established, its dense growth prevents seed germination and |
Introduced: |
19th
Century
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Origin:
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China,
Japan and Far east
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Location:
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South
West England
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Status:
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Slowly
increasing
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Problems:
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Comments:
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Out-competes
native vegetation.
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