We had this tree/scrub in our yard when we bought our house and i have been at war with it for 5 years. This was planted decades ago, lef...Read Moret to its own, so it really took over.
I made the mistake of cutting some of the trees down, it used all that stored energy in the roots to spread suckers everywhere.
Mowing does not kill the suckers, digging them up? just leaving a little part will create a new plant, had to hit them with glyphosate over and over again.
I was successful in another spot of the yard, instead of cutting the trees down, i sprayed it with glyphosate when in tree was in full leaves, this really killed the whole tree including roots.
The shallow root system makes this tree highly prone to windfall.
Four sta...Read Moretes have placed this species on restricted tree lists due to its invasiveness. http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFind... Spreads aggressively both by root suckers and by seed (the latter spread by animals). Invasive both in disturbed areas and in natural habitat, where it forms large thickets.
The Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council has listed this as a Category ll invasive weed. Acording to BONAP, it has naturalized in Hawaii, California, and 29 other states from TX north to IA and east from FL to NY and MA.
I hope everyone who posts about this tree understands that its is natures nature to weed. Just as earth peoples where there were people n...Read Moreot before, there are weeds that come forth where there were no weeds before. If there were no weeds at all, nothing would hold the soil in place and man would soon perish. Weeds are simply put the only reason earth has peopled. Without weeds we never would have come to be so intelligent as to domesticate weeds. Show some respect.
Trees grow well on dry sandy soil. Slightly damage by frost are only the peaks of shoots. Fast growing. Plants are four years old and hav...Read Moree 5-7 foot high and wide.
Although apparently a major nuisance in Florida and the middle east because of its invasive nature and pollen production, I think this pl...Read Moreant is attractive. I found one growing under a hedge and transplanted it to the middle of my yard where it has flourished but never spread. It is fast growing and makes great shade and won't get big enough to threaten the house. From researching it on the Web I have found that at one time people planted it intentionally because it was considered attractive. Messy, maybe, hardy, yes, but ugly? Naw!
I had three of these unatrractive trees growing on my repossessed property when I bought it. They are highly invasive and spread vegetati...Read Morevely; there were offshoots along the base of the house, in the garage [!] and many on an unoccupied property next door. They were also very messy, dropping catkin like flowers[?] that became a soggy mess after rain. Hundreds of offshoots would pop up between mowings [I counted one day] so I had these trees removed. They are hard to kill, and offshoots continued to pop up for three years. Invasive plant status is well deserved.
This tree is listed as a Category II Exotic Pest Plant in Florida. In my area of central Florida, it is very invasive, taking up residen...Read Morece in almost every disturbed area. Unless cared for in someones yard, this trashy tree has yellow-green leaves. In my opinion, it is quite unattractive. It should be discouraged in Florida.
A medium sized Asian tree with sandpaper textured leaves and twigs. Leaves are toothed and can be unlobed to very deeply lobed , all on t...Read Morehe same tree.
The leaves are sandpapery above and very velvety below. The bark is a yellow-brown network of small ridges. Flowers in April-May ,fruits are reddish and barely edible, but birds and wildlife relish them.
Common along fencerows, as birds have deposited the seeds when they perch.
No other tree north of Florida has such rough leaves and velvety undersides.
Inner bark was once used for paper and in some parts of the world, it is beaten into something called Tapa Cloth.
We had this tree/scrub in our yard when we bought our house and i have been at war with it for 5 years. This was planted decades ago, lef...Read More
The pollen is highly allergenic.
The shallow root system makes this tree highly prone to windfall.
Four sta...Read More
I hope everyone who posts about this tree understands that its is natures nature to weed. Just as earth peoples where there were people n...Read More
Anybody who doesn't like this tree, consider selling the inner layer of bark? It will kill the tree and also make great paper........
Trees grow well on dry sandy soil. Slightly damage by frost are only the peaks of shoots. Fast growing. Plants are four years old and hav...Read More
Although apparently a major nuisance in Florida and the middle east because of its invasive nature and pollen production, I think this pl...Read More
Remains small and shrubby in Alabama, but still manages to overrun an entire yard. Very hard to eliminate, impossible to love.
I had three of these unatrractive trees growing on my repossessed property when I bought it. They are highly invasive and spread vegetati...Read More
Paper Mulberry Broussonetia papyrifera is naturalized in Texas and other States and is considered an invasive plant in Texas.
This awful, alien tree has established itself on my property. I really can find no positive adjective to describe it. Recommandation: Kill it.
This tree is listed as a Category II Exotic Pest Plant in Florida. In my area of central Florida, it is very invasive, taking up residen...Read More
A medium sized Asian tree with sandpaper textured leaves and twigs. Leaves are toothed and can be unlobed to very deeply lobed , all on t...Read More