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<p>Created page with &quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;Persicaria perfoliata&#039;&#039;&#039; ([https://cisma-suasco.org/invasive/mile-a-minute-vine/ CISMA], [https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/species/persicaria/perfoliata/ GoBotany], <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persicaria_perfoliata" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Persicaria perfoliata">Wikipedia</a>, USDA - [https://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/terrestrial/plants/mile-minute-weed NISIC]) is a herbaceous annual vine with barbed stems and triangular leaves. <a href="/aiw/index.php?title=File:Mile-a-minute-weed_(28816288035).jpg" title="File:Mile-a-minute-weed (28816288035).jpg">thumb|200x200px|Mile-a-minute</a> File:Persicaria perf...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>&#039;&#039;&#039;Persicaria perfoliata&#039;&#039;&#039; ([https://cisma-suasco.org/invasive/mile-a-minute-vine/ CISMA], [https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/species/persicaria/perfoliata/ GoBotany], [[wikipedia:Persicaria_perfoliata|Wikipedia]], USDA - [https://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/terrestrial/plants/mile-minute-weed NISIC]) is a herbaceous annual vine with barbed stems and triangular leaves.<br /> [[File:Mile-a-minute-weed (28816288035).jpg|thumb|200x200px|Mile-a-minute]]<br /> [[File:Persicaria perfoliata, naturalised, Delaware.jpg|thumb|200x200px|Mile-a-Minute Berries]]<br /> It is aggressively invasive. While we haven&#039;t had any confirmed sightings in Acton, it has been seen in Massachusetts.<br /> <br /> == Removal ==<br /> Mechanical removal by pulling up the plant [https://cisma-suasco.org/project/westford-conservation-trusts-mile-a-minute-project/ worked at an infestation in Westford].<br /> <br /> Any removed plant material should be bagged, labelled, and disposed of by the Acton Natural Resources Dept.<br /> [[File:PersicariaPerf7.jpg|left|thumb|200x200px|Mile-a-minute Stem Hooks]]<br /> <br /> == Common Mis-Identifications ==<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Hedge False Bindweed&#039;&#039;&#039; ([https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/species/calystegia/sepium/ &#039;&#039;Calystegia&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;sepium&#039;&#039;]&#039;&#039;,&#039;&#039; [[wikipedia:Calystegia_sepium|Wikipedia]]) also has a triangular leaf, but has a V-shaped notch where the stem attaches to the leaf (versus the fully triangular Mile-a-minute leaf).<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Short-stalked False Bindweed&#039;&#039;&#039; (&#039;&#039;[https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/species/calystegia/silvatica/ Calystegia silvatica]&#039;&#039;, [https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/species/calystegia/silvatica/ Wikipedia]) also has a triangular leaf, but has a square-shaped notch where the stem attaches to the leaf.</div>

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