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Shinny leaf #486787

Asked September 24, 2018, 3:26 PM EDT

Can you identify this plant spreading under pine trees

Frederick County Maryland

Expert Response

This looks like winter creeper, Euonymus fortunei. This is an invasive plant in Maryland. https://extension.umd.edu/hgic/topics/invasive-plants To remove it, you can pull or dig it up, cut/mow it down repeatedly to starve the root system, or cut and spray it with a registered herbicide. https://extension.umd.edu/hgic/problems/invasive-vine-groundcover-control

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Answered by the Home & Garden Information Center's Maryland Certified Professional Horticulturists Replied September 25, 2018, 9:12 AM EDT

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