Avoid letting fast-growing or evergreen vines take over your trees since they are among the most damaging vine species. The following are examples of some of the most deadly tree-climbing vines: English ivy Japanese honeysuckle Chinese wisteria Kudzu

Two fast-growing natives that can take over a tree are fox grape (Vitis labrusca) and trumpet creeper (Campsis radicans).

In North American forests, invasive vines such as kudzu, oriental bittersweet, English ivy and Japanese honeysuckle often reduce native tree regeneration and survival, although there is no obvious trend as there is in the American tropics. In contrast, two studies of forests in tropical Africa did not detect vine overgrowth.