Two trees are pictured, with the sycamore on the right showing a python-like winding vine of Oriental bittersweet girdling it

Yellowed leaves and bright orange-red berries of Oriental bittersweet

Typical Oriental bittersweet showing its tree-strangling behavior and bright fall-ripened berries
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