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Can I get some help to identify the vine please? I have dug a couple up which have single large root, almost like a parsnip?

Many thanks

Sarah
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It looks like it might be some kind of Marah, or wild cucumber. Apparently (by wikipedia), there are lots of different species of this. When you say it has a root like a parsnip, it sounds like it might be one of them, because they seem to have interesting taproots.

Example here:

humongous wild cucumber root Boyce Thompson Arboretum

Hope your weed isn't as bad as that.

Lorel C.
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  • WOW. I thought it was Rubus, Blackberry initially but a big tap root? Interesting Lorel...! – stormy May 25 '18 at 22:23
  • I *think* I can see in the picture some long curly tendrils that the plant uses to grab onto its environment and help it climb. Blackberries don't have those tendrils, but squashes & cukes do. ...(grapes do too of course) – Lorel C. May 25 '18 at 22:27
  • Nice catch...great eyes. I think I can as well and that is a perfect point. I like that thinking...wish we had a way to blow up pictures more clearly. Good job, Lorel! – stormy May 25 '18 at 22:57
  • Thanks for the comments, turns out it’s white bryony? – Sarah May 28 '18 at 19:53