Agriculture Reference
In-Depth Information
Hedge Bindweed (a.k.a., creeping bindweed,
morning glory, climbing false buckwheat)
This perennial,
Convolvulus sepium
, reproduces from both seeds and shallow creeping
roots. It is a blood brother to field bindweed or morning glory,
Convolvulus arvensis
. The
C. sepium
brother is also known as climbing false buckwheat. It grows almost everywhere,
even on eroded hillsides that are well drained.
Hedge bindweed
Bindweed is a typical reflector of an improper decay of organic matter and excess accu-
mulation of heavy soil metals. It may be that a bale of hay broke open in an area, and was
left there. It may be that cattle were fed, and much organic matter was stomped into the
ground.
