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UOG Horizons: Knowledge for Life You can’t stop love - but what about the chain-of-love?

UOG Horizons: Knowledge for Life You can’t stop love - but what about the chain-of-love?

UOG Horizons: Knowledge for Life You can’t stop love - but what about the chain-of-love?


2/20/2026
Rachel Jolley
Rachel Jolley
Land cleared
A study plot cleared of vines.
Plant overgrowth
New chain-of-love vines are aggressively overgrowing seedlings of native trees.
Newley planted seedlings
Newly planted seedlings following months of vine suppression. 
Uncontrolled chains
Chain-of-love overgrowing tangantangan before control treatments.
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In Guam, you don’t need to look far to see the impact of aggressive vines spreading across the landscape. Chain-of-love (Antigonon leptopus), mile-a-minute (Mikania micrantha), and luffa or sponge gourd (Luffa aegyptiaca) are seen along roadways and disturbed areas across the island. Why are these vines so dominant in Guam? The simple answer is that they have found an open niche in a brand-new environment.

Read More in the Guam Daily Post