Bindweed, a member of the morning glory family, spreads easily and can be difficult to rid from your garden.

Keep in mind, though, that non-selective herbicides easily drift to nearby desirable plants, making it a risky control method in a bindweed-infested garden or landscape bed.

The original poster shared a photo on the Landscaping subreddit, asking for help in identifying a certain dark green plant ...

Unfortunately, field bindweed is a perennial, coming back year after year. It can reproduce from roots, rhizomes, seeds or even stem pieces. Whenever I pull it, I make sure to put it in the trash ...

Field bindweed, which is native to Europe, along with hedge bindweed (Calystegia sepium), which is a native but aggressive pest in the Northeastern US, can quickly take over gardens as pastures ...