what is the climbing ivy taking over trees and poles in s, carolina considered a nuisance, called?

Question

it has become quuite a problem and is choking out everything it comes in contact with

Answer 1

I think that is Kudzu

Answer 2

kudzu. Imported from South America for some reason. Sort of like Africanized bees. And water litlies. Bad stuff.

Answer 3

Can you be a bit more descriptive. Most vines are invasive so it's really hard to tell from that fact alone. According to this article "A survey of two forests in South Carolina over the past two decades has revealed that vines such as grapevines, trumpet vine, poison ivy and Virginia creeper have been infiltrating the areas at increasingly higher rates, especially in newer woodlands." So, as you can see there are many vines considered invasive. Therefore, if you could describe the vine in question then we may be able to help.

Here are pictures of the four they mentioned. You can use them for identification.

Trumpet Vine:
http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?_adv_prop=image&fr=yfp-t-501&va=trumpet+vine&sz=all

Virginia Creeper:
http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?_adv_prop=image&fr=yfp-t-501&va=trumpet+vine&sz=all

Grape Vine:
http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images;_ylt=A9iby4e8FcVGuX8AKAeJzbkF?p=grapevine+plant&ei=UTF-8&fr=yfp-t-501&x=wrt

Poison Ivy:
http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?p=Poison+Ivy&sp=1&fr2=sp-top&ei=UTF-8&fr=yfp-t-501&x=wrt&ei=UTF-8&SpellState=n-1650256064_q-Nqi3fJ1ytmxn.Ozp3KFqfAAAAA@@