Identify plant

[Redsoxticket]

This vine has miniscule thorns that cause swelling after entering the skin I.e. arm, leg. These thorns infect the area for as long it is in the skin until you remove with needle and tweezers.

Do you know the name of this plant?

As an aside, my dog was limping for about a short time last year thinking it was arthritis. Make me wonder if she stepped on a thorn. Anyway she is OK now and runs, jumps with no problems.

[Dick Durand]

This is an imperfect ID, since you called it a vine. Just wondering if it might be stinging nettle, which causes an irritation or inflamation upon contact with the skin. Stinging nettle, however, is a mintlike plant.

[Raven]

i had one of those and they are a tough bugger to get rid of

the leaves look similar to strawberry

anything that has thorns i kill unless its
a black berry or a rasberry

[Clammer]

sound like something that shouldn,t be rolled >><><>

[UserRemoved1]

Nettles

does look like a few of those pics.

[PRBuzz]

Originally Posted by #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&

Nettles

does look like a few of those pics.

Not nettles.....they are more of an upright bush like mint plants. You'll never forget what a nettle looks like if you happen to wonder into them.

[Redsoxticket]

Salty, it looks like the photo of the "young stinging needle".

PRBuzz, the unknown plant in question grows linearly as a continuous vine several feet in length and not like a bush.



Clammer, can not be rolled however as describe in s
alty's link the leaves are edible.
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[PRBuzz]

How about this? Or another related variety more likely.

Old Field Cinquefoil - Landscape Nursery and Urban Forestry - UMass Extension

[Redsoxticket]

Originally Posted by PRBuzz

How about this? Or another related variety more likely.

Old Field Cinquefoil - Landscape Nursery and Urban Forestry - UMass Extension

The one you identified has 4-5 leaves and red stems.
The one question has groups of three leaves and green stems.
It looks like a nettle but if what you stated that nettles grow like a bush then it "may" be different.
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[Christian]

pretty much definitely a raspberry plant thats no longer producing fruit. have them on the side of my yard, they've been there forever. they hurt.

[PRBuzz]

Originally Posted by Redsoxticket

The one you identified has 4-5 leaves and red stems.
The one question has groups of three leaves and green stems.
It looks like a nettle but if what you stated that nettles grow like a bush then it "may" be different.
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Cinquefoils may have from 3-7 leaves and there are many varieties so I still think this type/family of plant is most likely.........

[FishermanTim]

Looks like Cinquefoil to me.
We have that in our yard, and it's a pain to get rid of.
The tap root can regrow if you don't get it all out.
It can and will grow long creeping vines and has flowers that look very much like a strawberry flower. They do produce small berry clusters that the birds do eat (and probablt spread as well).

Another plant you may want to steer clear of, if you don't know already, is Queen Ann's lace. Although it does produce a large "doily shaped" flower that attracts quite a few beneficial insects, the sap from the plant can be as toxic and reactive as poison ivy is.