April 2013 – Still Removing Bittersweet from Trees

At the pond’s W end, we are still removing bittersweet, multiflora rose, and old pieces of dead vines from around trees.

photo of pond W

photo of resprouts
Multiflora and bittersweet resprouts, now easier to remove through the wood chips
photo of tree
Bittersweet, unchecked over the course of many years, created the spiral in the trunk of this quaking aspen tree.

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