"MrClean" wrote in message
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Can someone ID these "vines" growing on the fence in
my backyard. They have also begun to spring up in patches
in the middle of the yard.

Since this is not a binaries group and they frown on attachments,
here are links to photos of the culprits:

http://www.theshipmanfamily.com/100_0475.jpg
http://www.theshipmanfamily.com/100_0476.jpg

Virginia Creeper

http://www.agriculture.purdue.edu/fn...vrtrail08.html
scroll down, looks exactly like your photo