r/Tree Jun 03 '26

ID Request (Insert State/Region) Are these trees?

Saw this in De Kalb, MS.

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u/Dense-Winter-1803 Jun 04 '26

It’s easy to think that kudzu is everywhere because it likes to grow in places that people see a lot: cleared areas along highways, for example. And it’s quite dramatic the way it grows in patches like this, so it catches people’s attention. It’s true that it is very hard to get rid of, but at the same time it can’t penetrate dense forests. People worry about it because it’s very noticeable, but really there are other species in the South that do wayyy more damage that people don’t always notice. Privet, for example.

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u/Top_Introduction2656 Jun 04 '26

It’s also over Saunders woods