Never forget that Hops for a long, long time were merely just another wild plant growing about in various parts of the world. There were not always tall "trellis" systems to signal to people that there were hops growing at a location. Hops grew from the ground up on other trees or grew more like shrubs entangled upon the ground in fields or meadows and later upon fence lines. Hops can still be found in places like the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia growing wild and in other places throughout Appalachia. There is a great little geo mapping resource application where in you come upon hops while you are hiking or traveling you can enter in some data and send a picture of your find. The goal is locate feral hops that may be scattered about for research purposes. These could be "heirloom" or "heritage" hops that have been growing here in United States for centuries.
The Application for both Android and IPhones will take a GPS reading of your location of where the hops were sited. An example of some "wild" hops sighted in the project was this picture taken in Hamilton, NY where the hops were growing along the side of a road. The bines will continue to grow even without any real trellis support and can be very vigorous. Often times many people think they are simply just another form of weed or underbrush growing along the ground.
The website and information regarding the program and research being administered by the Cornell Cooperative Extension can be found at the following link:
https://geohopping.crowdmap.com/main
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