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oriental bittersweet

Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2020 2:36 pm
by porterskill
Has anyone started cutting the oriental bittersweet along the streams in the tristate area.
they are starting to kill even very large trees along the streams you fish.

Re: oriental bittersweet

Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2020 2:46 pm
by Fishybig
Got any pics??? Never heard of it or maybe never heard it by that name

Re: oriental bittersweet

Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2020 3:23 pm
by Rusty Spinner
Many landowners attempt to control Celastrus or oriental bittersweet all over the state. It's a problem not just along rivers, and it is killing native trees left and right when left unchecked. Yet another of hundreds of invasive plants and animals that now call our area home. I just left a small farm on Holland Brook in Readington (not trout water) and the riparian area was all the cast of characters. There was Japanese stilt grass, multiflora rose, Japanese barberry, oriental bittersweet, mugwort, garlic mustard, etc., etc., etc. It gets depressing at times if you stop to see the damage to our native ecosystems.

Re: oriental bittersweet

Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2020 4:07 pm
by lightenup
I have lots of Japanese stilt grass in my yard, where ever the sun shines...also Voorhees state park is over run with that stuff in several areas.

Re: oriental bittersweet

Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2020 5:37 pm
by martalus
I often wondered if that stream along 523 had any fish in it. Chub and sunfishwater? Any smallies?

Re: oriental bittersweet

Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2020 7:38 pm
by Fishybig
martalus wrote:
Fri Sep 18, 2020 5:37 pm
I often wondered if that stream along 523 had any fish in it. Chub and sunfishwater? Any smallies?
It's actually void of life, other than small baitfish...not even worth it to pull over and look...unless ur a birder

Re: oriental bittersweet

Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2020 3:30 pm
by porterskill
Fishybig wrote:
Thu Sep 17, 2020 2:46 pm
Got any pics??? Never heard of it or maybe never heard it by that name
just google the name.