I have often heard it referred to as "autumn olive" too. Actually I believe that is the plant I am talking about. There may be two species...
So I guess it really is "AUTUMN OLIVE" - the big problem we have here in NJ... (BEAR CANDY)

About the Invasive Autumn Olive | The Nature Conservancy

"According to The Nature Conservancy, autumn olive is quickly becoming one of the most troublesome shrubs in central and eastern United States".

https://www.google.com/search?q=aut...&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=IueYUvudKMaqkQedjIDQBw&ved=0CDsQsAQ&biw=1280&bih=843

This describes it pretty well - also called AUTUMNBERRY and is actually edible and full of lycopene..
http://foragersharvest.com/autumnberry-autumn-olive/

I guess I will have to pick some next fall and try it!

 

I started hunting 25 years ago in Walpack, and fields that were once open are now covered in that crap. The small field that I cut through when deer hunting will be overrun in a few years too.

 

never heard of it... I'll tell ya two things that are extremely invasive these days... Japanese Knotweed and Democrats.

 

They burned quite a bit of it in Walpack over the last 2 summers but still plenty of it.

 

There is a thick patch of it next to a farm I hunt. I hate looking for a deer when they run in that crap. I've lost more deer in there than I would like to admit. I call it the bermuda triangle.

 

The bear crap around my bait is loaded with those berrys. Russian Olives don't turn red.

 

They don't have thorns either.

 

We spend at least 4 days every year with the nature conservancy removing Russian olive. Lots if hard work. But the woods look a lot nicer when it's gone

 

I was a seasonal park employee at Spruce Run Recreation area from 1981 to 1986 and it was just starting to grow in and around the park. It was amazed in just a few years that it took over the whole park.

 

State did initially plant it as "wildlife habitat" and now they are trying to eradicate it. It is just one in a multitude of invasive species of which the list grows longer, seemingly every year. It's actually quite alarming if you start looking around the outdoors and take the time to ID all of the invasives that are not only replacing native plant species but also ruining sensitive habitat for many wildlife species.

 

Does anyone feel this contributed to the bear explosion? I certainly do...

 

I have enrolled in invasives control throgh the NRCS for Russian olive on my farm. It's a problem!!!

 

Not so much. Garbage, developments, and standing corn far into the winter months have a larger impact, IMO. Bears are opportunists.

 

Little M got it right - we all moan about this and that, meanwhile something like this floats under the radar and we just accept it... I am telling you - as much as a loon probably half of you think I am by now, this single species (plant) has impacted hunting in NJ probably more than any other factor... It PHYSICALLY changed the landscape - and is growing about as fast as muslims!

 

Autumn olive is taking over the fields, but the real change/problem to nj forests is the Japanese Barberry. Very invasive,our forests will look very different in 30 -50 years.

 

If you've ever hunted black river for pheasants you have to get on your hands and knees to crawl through that crap. It's good cover for deer and pheasants but tough to hunt. You can't ever hang a stand in it. It can be a nightmare.

 

Wait until mile-a-minute vine and giant hogweed become rampant. I hope it never happens, but I can't see how it won't. Ever see porcelain berry out in Bergen County? What a freakin mess.

 

Trees I hunted 15 years ago and shot the field edges I can't now due to the autumn Olive trees that border the fields the only shots I get are 30 yards out... Gotta prune them every year.

we also team up with Hunterdon land trust and cut them down for them on certain properties

my dad says he remembers a long time ago when you bought a hunting license they came with seeds to plant.. He said no one he knew planted them except him and his brother used to always plant them. He swears he thinks they were memes some type of olive seed...

Anyone renember? It was before my time.. Maybe 70s

 

wouldnt surprise me jerseyjay if they were russian olive seeds......over the years wildlife departments across the country have done things that later prove to be detrimental to wildlife as science and biological studies of wildlife and habitat continue to progress. i have a professor who was contracted in the 70"s to remove downed trees from the columbia river in the northwest because they thought that it would lessen the flooding and improve salmon populations.....now he is contact with former co workers who are currently working to use downed trees and logging "scraps" to fill in the rivers and create habitat that is crucial for the salmon. kinda ironic redoing what the undid in the 70's [confused]

 

well one invasive, non native is getting its ass handed to it........ multi flora rose has been stricken with rose rossette disease, and infected plants die, and spread to others, soon no more mfr in the woods.

 

Actually the DFW has gotten better at brush hogging Russian olive. I noticed recently they cleared the field at the top of Pompey mountain on Walpack WMA. A few years ago it was a Russian olive jungle.

The DWGNRA land does not get anything cleared up it has rampiant Russian Olive and Barberry.

The bear crap around my bait is loaded with those berrys. Russian Olives don't turn red.

That sounds like barberry. I have seen red tinted bear crap where there are a lot of barberry.

Bears also eat a lot of chokecherries when that is around. With that their crap is almost black with a lot of seeds.You see this a lot in Waywayanda.

 

laeagnus angustifolia is a usually thorny​ shrub or small tree growing to 5–7 m in height. Its stems, buds, and leaves have a dense covering of silvery to rusty scales. The leaves are alternate, lanceolate, 4–9 cm long and 1-2.5 cm broad, with a smooth margin. The highly aromatic flowers, produced in clusters of 1-3, are 1 cm long with a four-lobed creamy yellow calyx; they appear in early summer and are followed by clusters of fruit, a small cherry-like drupe 1-1.7 cm long, orange-red covered in silvery scales. The fruits are edible and sweet, though with a dryish, mealy texture. Its common name comes from its similarity in appearance to the olive (Olea europaea), in a different botanical family,

Both thorny and red berries

 

Growing up in PA in the early 80's I remember the PA game commission giving this away as part of wildlife habitat improvment projects. Should have known better.

 

damn thorns tore through the boots under the quad and I blew an axle. Hate that crap!!! Eradicate it, cut it when you can guys.

 

The DWGNRA land does not get anything cleared up it has rampiant Russian Olive and Barberry.

You got that right. They need to get trucks with winches and tear it out by the roots. Put it all in a pile and burn it.