holy crap... im in TN and hate cutting down trees but I recently had enough of a grove of them on my property. I only knew their name from a plant app, not how bad they were. My first thought was "Im going to have fun with a chainsaw" but it turns out that's how you get a grove of them... it causes root suckering when you cut them... they're like Hydra. It's ne of the few cases where experts recommend poisoning. Glad I saw this post!