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It isn’t easy being a Flowering Dogwood, White Oak, or other native tree in Northern Virginia. There are many threats to trees in an urban/suburban environment, but one that is quickly becoming the most worrisome is also one that can be averted by taking quick action: the loss of trees to invasive non-native vines. In their native setting, vines are meant to grow on trees and are an important part of the ecosystem. When they are imported from other continents, though, they can take off out of control and kill trees. This is what we are now seeing everywhere we look.