Ash Tree Choaked by a Vine

Here is an Ash tree sapling that is being choked by a vine. I usually stay on the alert for ash trees as I hike through the woods.


Bark is the first thing that I notice when looking for Ash. This tree did not have any buds low enough to inspect. So I photographed them to see if they resembled ash. Opposite and stubby buds are true of the genus.


Here is a close up of how the vine is choking the tree.


Matthew 13:7 "Others fell among the thorns, and the thorns came up and choked them out."

Matthew 13:22 "And the one on whom seed was sown among the thorns, this is the man who hears the word, and the worry of the world and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.