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The True Story of Kudzu, the Vine That Never Truly Ate the South

The Japanese kudzu bug, first found in a garden near Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport six years ago, apparently hitched a plane ride and is ...

History and Use of Kudzu in the Southeastern United States

Kudzu is an aggressive vine familiar to most people across the southeastern United States. It is a classic example of a plant that was ...

Kudzu: The Invasive Vine that Ate the South - The Nature Conservancy

Kudzu—or kuzu (クズ)—is native to Japan and southeast China. It was first introduced to the United States during the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition in 1876 ...

Kudzu's invasion into Southern United States life and culture - USDA

throughout the history of the South. I will close with a few suggestions regarding what we can do about Kudzu. The Kudzu plant. Kudzu is a climbing, semi ...

Kudzu (Pueraria montana var. lobata) - Invasive.Org

Kudzu, nicknamed “the vine that ate the South,” was recognized as a pest weed in the 1950s and removed from the list of acceptable species in the Agricultural ...

Kudzu in the United States - Wikipedia

Kudzu is an invasive plant species in the United States, introduced from Asia with devastating environmental consequences, earning it the nickname "the vine ...

Of Vines and Villains — THE BITTER SOUTHERNER

The story goes that kudzu — native to Japan and parts of China — arrived on America's doorstep in 1876, exhibited at the Japanese pavilion of ...

The Amazing Story of Kudzu - Max Shores

Florida nursery operators, Charles and Lillie Pleas, discovered that animals would eat the plant and promoted its use for forage in the 1920s. Their Glen Arden ...

Kudzu - Wikipedia

Kudzu also called Japanese arrowroot or Chinese arrowroot, is a group of climbing, coiling, and trailing deciduous perennial vines native to much of East ...

Kudzu | National Invasive Species Information Center

Everest, J.W., J.H. Miller, D.M. Ball, and M. Patterson. 1999. Kudzu in Alabama: History, Uses, and Control [PDF, 1.46 MB] . Alabama Cooperative Extension ...

Kudzu History: The Vine That Ate The South - YouTube

A history of Kudzu: the nonnative, invasive "vine that ate the south." Learn about the Kudzu plant's origins and rapid spread.

History, Uses, and Control - Southern Research Station - USDA

Almost anyone living in a rural area of Alabama knows what kudzu is and knows that it is a pest. Kudzu in Alabama has also been called “porch vine,”. “telephone ...

The Soil Conservation Service and the Kudzu Distribution Program

Kudzu (Pueraria lobata; formerly jR thunbergiana) , which had been cultivated in Japan for centuries, made its appearance in the United States in 1876 at ...

Kudzu History, Folklore, and Uses - Rooted

This fast growing vine is often seen towering telephone poles, scaling the sides of buildings, and even billowing out of the barns and silos it ...

The Story Behind Kudzu, the Vine That's Still Eating the South

Kudzu is a climbing, semi-woody perennial vine that kills trees by shading them and spreads inexorably, mostly through soil movement and vegetative growth. .

Devoured - LSU Press

... history. Devoured: The Extraordinary Story of Kudzu, the Vine That Ate the South detangles the complicated story of the South's fickle relationship with kudzu ...

Kudzu (Pueraria montana): History, Physiology, and Ecology ...

The ability of kudzu to overtop and shade forest trees, fix atmospheric nitrogen, and emit isoprene suggest that it may have substantial effects on native ...

Kudzu - Cornell Cooperative Extension Nassau County

Kudzu is a trailing or climbing perennial vine that is a member of the bean family. It is native to China, Japan and the Indian subcontinent ...

Five Facts: Kudzu in Florida – Research News - Florida Museum

1: Kudzu comes from Asia. ... Kudzu, Pueraria montana, is thought to be native to most of Asia, portions of the Pacific Islands and the ...

How kudzu became the 'bad seed' of plant world - Western News

Kudzu's journey to becoming the bad seed of the continent's plant world has close parallels in historical attitudes towards immigration, ...