Name this plant

[1SlowHiker]

Does anyone know the name of this broad leafed vine? I'd like to know what to call them when I'm cursing at them on a bushwhack. This pic was taken from Downes Brook trail (not a bushwhack) but I've ran into thick, ankle grabbing, areas of these guys on PATN and Scar Ridge. -Thanks

 

[Jay H]

hobblebush? w/o the berries

https://gobotany.newenglandwild.org/species/viburnum/lantanoides/

 

[egilbe]

Or Wild Sarsaparilla.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aralia_nudicaulis

They both look similar

 

[JustJoe]

Definitely looks like Hobblebush. The Zealand Notch area has man eating Hobblebush. Thick hobblebush is a bitch to push through.

 

[psmart]

Hobblebush. Your encounter on Downes Brook Trail confirms it!

 

[Maineman]

The scourge of every trail maintainer...

 

[Nessmuk]

The older name from the Adirondacks that I use is "witch hobble". Same as hobble bush, but more descriptive.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viburnum_lantanoides

 

[1SlowHiker]

Thanks all! GOSH DARN $@$#%& HOBBLEBUSH !

 

[Bushwhack]

hobblebush has redeeming qualities though! it is the world's best toilet paper.

 

[1SlowHiker]

hobblebush has redeeming qualities though! it is the world's best toilet paper.

good to know. thanks

 

[DayTrip]

hobblebush has redeeming qualities though! it is the world's best toilet paper.

Great. So in addition to used toilet paper we need to start keeping an eye out for crap stained leaves brushing against us while we're hiking? I foresee a sequel to bushwhack's popular "Poop In The Campsite" play.

 

[Whiteman]

I always thought a poll on the best natural toilet paper was in order. My two nominees are hobblebush, followed by striped maple -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acer_pensylvanicum.

 

[peakbagger]

Striped Maple used to be the one that our Scout leaders suggested was the "hunters toilet paper".