Plant or Weed?

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Does anyone recognize this plant/weed? It's kind of cool looking and appears to be a vine.

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Martha on Apr 14, 2016
This looks like very young honeysuckle.

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The Garden Frog with C Renee on Apr 14, 2016
It is honeysuckle as Martha stated above

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Dot D Collett on Apr 14, 2016
Never have seen honey suckle with serrated leaves like that! If only the first couple of sets on the end were shown, I would agree. If it is honeysuckle, I want some.

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- The Garden Frog with C Renee on Apr 14, 2016
  @Dot D Collett i believe it may be the Japanese honeysuckle which is very invasive and you do not want to plant this in the south! So I advise pulling it up and getting a native Lonicera sempervirens.
  
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- The Garden Frog with C Renee on Apr 14, 2016
  @MN Mom I am not sure what is in your picture but that is not Japanese honeysuckle Lonicera Japonica is a noxious weed and very invasive plant in many states. I love blooms and beautiful flowers too but you cannot let invasive plants grow. it is detrimental to the native species
  
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- MN Mom on Apr 14, 2016
  Thanks for calling me out. I stand corrected. Please forgive my lack of knowledge on invasive species . I'll remove my posts.
  
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- The Garden Frog with C Renee on Apr 15, 2016
  @MN Mom I did not mean to offend- it is sometimes very hard to tell what is what. You should not feel like you had to remove posts because gardening is about teaching each other. I did not understand invasive and native until I moved to zone 7 from 5 years ago and realized that my thinking about planting all things beautiful had to change a bit to make sure I knew what I was planting and what it would do. That's all.
  
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- Dot D Collett on Apr 15, 2016
  We still haven't discovered exactly what this plant is!
  
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- Martha on Apr 15, 2016
  @Dot D Collett Hey Dot…the longer the vine gets, the less lobed the leaves are. These leaves are only as it begins coming out from the base. Usually we are fighting honeysuckle after it's wrapped itself around our favorite shrub. This is what it looks like when it's young. Sorry…I've just dealt with this all my life here is West Tennessee.
  
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- Dot D Collett on Apr 15, 2016
  I've been working on it here in MO and OK for the past 36 years also. The new growth here does not have the "oak leaf" shape, but Mother Nature likes to pop out those varieties of varieties! My favorite way to clear out the old vines is to wrap and twist the long lengths into wreaths. I did see some interesting honey suckle varieties on the site suggested in this thread. There is even one considered a native.
  
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Michele | Thistledown Domestic Creations on Apr 14, 2016
Honeysuckle. It's invasive for sure!

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P McCammon on Apr 14, 2016
Weed they take over quickly

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Sti2242965 on Apr 15, 2016
I would try a google image search for plants/weeds with oaklike leaves. Also we get this plant in UK (Himalayan honetsuckle) https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=himalayan+honeysuckle&biw=1920&bih=936&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&sqi=2&ved=0ahUKEwib1KWCwJDMAhXCVRoKHQvVDCYQ_AUIBygC Which could cause some confusion, I do not know what the young leaves are like, but it seems the type that could also become invasive, I quite like it.

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Kim S on Apr 15, 2016
Thanks all, it is indeed Japanese Honeysuckle, and will be removed today! I love Hometalk!

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Dot D Collett on Apr 15, 2016
googling but no luck so far! It does not seem to be honeysuckle of any kind. stigrayi, I did follow your link. I like the images of the Himalayan, also.

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- The Garden Frog with C Renee on Apr 15, 2016
  @Dot D Collett http://www.invasive.org/browse/subinfo.cfm?sub=3039 this site describes the Lonicera japonica
  
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- Dot D Collett on Apr 16, 2016
  @The Garden Frog with C Renee Thank you, I did find the description of it possible having a lobed leaf in early spring. To think I missed that all these years!
  
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- The Garden Frog with C Renee on Apr 16, 2016
  Where I live it is very invasive so I learned what it looks like.
  
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- Christina on Apr 16, 2016
  @The Garden Frog with C Renee I have not seen a picture of this plant with young leaves before. Thank you for the link. Now I know to yank it while its young.
  
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Penny on Apr 16, 2016
Obnoxious weed and will take over your yard very quickly. I have several areas I am trying to control..

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Christina on Apr 16, 2016
I have it in my yard and have spent hours on Google. I wish some of the expert sites had more pictures during its whole life, not just mature plants.

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Sti2242965 on Apr 17, 2016
There is an app I am sure that you can get if struggling.

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Violet on Apr 17, 2016
I have a rule of thumb. If it's growing and spreading like mad then it's a weed. Even if it looks kind of pretty.

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SS on May 19, 2016
The younger version reminds me of wild strawberries they go everywhere. I send them to weed heaven. Berries are about size of dime. I find them in my flower beds, lawn, etc.....very evasive

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