Porcelain berry

On a recent walk around a local pond we spotted a lovely area with sweet autumn clematis and porcelain berry (Ampelopsis brevipedunculata -try that one three times fast!). Porcelain berry has unusual multi-color berries that look like miniture birds eggs. In reading about it, I found that this vine is also amazingly aggressive. Its one of the more rare wetland invasives around New England. Most common are: multiflora rose, Japanese Honeysuckle, autumn olive and asiatic bittersweet. The sweet autumn clematis is described as a good vine that is not invasive.