Mile-a-minute vine (MAM) is a highly invasive perennial plant that grows rapidly up to 6 inches per day from June to the first frost. It has triangle leaves, stem barbs, ocrea disks, and blue seeds. MAM outcompetes native plants, decreases property values, and requires costly removal if left unchecked. Current control projects work to locate and pull MAM and ask the public to check their properties for MAM and report any sightings.

1. Mile-a-minute vine (MAM) is a highly invasive perennial plant
that lives from about June to the first frost and grows up to 6
inches per day.
MAM has four main characteristics that
help you spot it: triangle
leaves, barbs, ocrea or small disks along
the stem, and blue seeds or fruits.
Current control projects are working hard to locate and pull MAM, but they need your help! MAM can
be found in many areas, including your backyard! So go out and check for it. If you find something
you think might be MAM, report it to http://www.reportmam.uconn.edu/ReportMAM.html and someone
will come out to confirm and control.
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It produces an exuberant amount of seeds during this period
that can germinate up to six years.
This means that MAM grows at such a rate that it out-competes
native vegetation, decreases property value, and requires costly removal projects if left unchecked.

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