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Aug 15, 2015 12:45 PM CST
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Name: Cindy
Hobart, IN zone 5
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Every year, this delicate-looking vine pops up in my shady, wilder area in NW IN. Have never seen flowers on it. It will wrap itself around anything in its path. It doesn't stay on the soil surface but reaches up above other plants. Can anyone please identify? TIA
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Aug 15, 2015 1:38 PM CST
Name: Christine
North East Texas (Zone 7b)
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Leaves remind me of but mine blooms in shade/part shade.

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Aug 15, 2015 1:41 PM CST
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Name: Kent Pfeiffer
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Hog Peanut (Amphicarpaea bracteata) . It does flower, but they are small and easily missed.
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Aug 15, 2015 2:04 PM CST
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Name: Cindy
Hobart, IN zone 5
aka CindyMzone5
Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Plant Identifier
Listed as a nitrogen fixer - is this a good one to let roam as long as it doesn't trip humans?
Only when the last tree has died and the last river has been poisoned and the last fish has been caught will we realize that we can't eat money. Cree proverb
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Aug 15, 2015 4:00 PM CST
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Name: Kent Pfeiffer
Southeast Nebraska (Zone 5b)
Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Plant Database Moderator Plant Identifier Region: Nebraska Celebrating Gardening: 2015
Million Pollinator Garden Challenge Forum moderator Irises Garden Sages Garden Ideas: Master Level
It's a common native component of Midwestern woodlands, generally thought of as an early successional species. Not a bad plant by any means, although whether you want it in your yard is a somewhat separate question. Smiling
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Aug 15, 2015 5:11 PM CST
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Name: Cindy
Hobart, IN zone 5
aka CindyMzone5
Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Plant Identifier
This is in my wilder areas - no formal beds, borders or plantings. Other wild stuff like Virginia waterleaf. I'll have to decide though where I let it roam as it's wanting to strangle Itea 'Henry's Garnet'.
Only when the last tree has died and the last river has been poisoned and the last fish has been caught will we realize that we can't eat money. Cree proverb
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