Noxious Vine Rhizomes Or Tuber All Up In My Ball

[Firstflush]

Saw this today working on a tree. When I bought it there was a weedy vine wrapped around the tree. Working the roots I saw these rhizomes or tubers all packed and tucked up under the crown in the root ball. Made me have to take way more off then I wanted to.
May lose the tree.....Anybody deal with this before and know what type of vine? If I didn’t take care of this today, it would be a problem forever.

 

[leatherback]

No idea what the vine could have been. Good call getting all that out of the roots.

Looking at the pictures I am slightly concerned with the roots of your tree. They look awfully black to me. Did you have any growing tips?

 

[Firstflush]

Yes, they were shallower and against the side of the pot.