Kudzu vine

Kudzu (Pueraria montana) is a highly invasive deciduous, semi-woody, perennial vine. Kudzu kills trees, shrubs, and crops by girdling them. Girdling cuts off water and nutrient movement within the plants. Kudzu can also kill trees and shrubs by shading them out, and can even break branches and uproot plants due to the vine's weight. Kudzu even degrades air quality and attributes to pollution. Eradication and control is essential in combating the invasive vines.

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Kudzu looks innocent enough yet the "vine that ate the South" easily overtakes trees, abandoned homes and telephone poles.

Kudzu vine, grows everywhere. A nuisance, but sometimes surreal and beautiful.

Kudzu, the vine that ate the south.

x Kudzu is an invasive species of vine that spreads and grows over vegetation and structures When left unchecked this happens - abandoned, kudzu, invasive, species, vine, spreads, grows, vegetation, structures, left, unchecked, happens. Photorator photo.

If we’re going to have to live with kudzu, we might as well know more about it. Here are six facts about “the vine that ate the South!"

Botanical Name: Pueraria lobata. The plant genus Pueraria is named after the Swiss Professor M. N. Pueraria (1766-1845). It contains around 20 species of herbaceous or woody vines, all native to Asia. Other Common Names: Kudzu vine, Japanese arrowroot, ge gen (ge hua) (Chinese), bidari kand (Sanskrit). Habitat: Kudzu is native to India, China, and Japan. The plant is commercially cultivated in some parts of China. Kudzu was first introduced to the USA in the 1870s and was widely planted in…

When kudzu ate the South, why didn’t the South eat kudzu?