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Around 1870, America imported Asian porcelain berry for gardens; its fast-growing vines now smother native plants along eastern forest edges

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Porcelain berry arrived in the northeastern US in 1870 as a garden fruit. Birds spread its seeds, and the vine now climbs over native plants at forest edges.

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    Around 1870, America imported Asian porcelain berry for gardens; its fast-growing vines now smother native plants along eastern forest edges

    Porcelain berry arrived in the northeastern US in 1870 as a garden fruit. Birds spread its seeds, and the vine now climbs over native plants at forest edges.