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When Icicles Hang by the Wall: Old barn, woody vines, icicles Click on headline for full story plus photo(s) By Sharon Whitehurst I got some interesting closeups of the vine which has grown into the barn siding on our place. The barns on our Old Gradyville Road farm were built in the 1930's, according to Haskell Rogers, who recalls that one of his brothers was hired to assist in the construction. Nature, aided by a native vine and an voracious alien, is retaking our barn. The local trumpet vine operates on an external front; a multiflora rose, rosa muiltiflora From Off, is invading from within the structure. The soil conservation service brought the plant into Adair County, I'm told, to plant as a living fence, and it worked; but it adapted to life here so well it got out of hand, displacing other native vegetation to the point it is considered a nuisance now - an invasive plant as high on the enemies list as kudzu. For now, we'll keep at bay, a bit, and enjoy the beauty they add, even as they devour our barn. On the farm, fence corners and edges of pastures are thick with colonies of rosa multiflora, which are most noticeable during their summer flowering. -Sharon Whitehurst This story was posted on 2011-01-15 13:45:07
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