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Understanding the Kudzu problems it causes 

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Understanding the Kudzu problems it causes 

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wreaked environmental and economic havoc by modifying ecosystems, damaging crops, threatening native species, and serving as hosts to pests and viruses it spreads everywhere too.

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What is kudzu?

Known as "mile-a-minute" and "the vine that ate the South," this creeping, climbing perennial vine terrorizes native plants all over the southeastern United States and is making its way into the Midwest, Northeast and even Oregon.

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 where it was touted as a great ornamental plant for its sweet-smelling blooms and sturdy vines.

From the 1930s through the 1950s, the Soil Conservation Service promoted it as a great tool for soil erosion control and was planted in abundance throughout the south. Little did we know that kudzu is quite a killer, overtaking and growing over anything in its path.

Kudzu grows out of control quickly, spreading through runners (stems that root at the tip when in contact with moist soil), rhizomes and by vines that root at the nodes to form new plants.

Once established, kudzu grows at a rate of one foot per day with mature vines as long as 100 feet.

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Kudzu: The Invasive Vine that Ate the South

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

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The problems it does to the environment  

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The problems it does to the environment  

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fast growing as kudzu out competes everything native grasses, fully mature trees, an shading them from the sunlight an the loss of native plants harms other plants insects and animals that adapted alongside them leading to cascading effects throughout an ecosystem

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monstrous green vines climbing telephone poles and trees on the edges of our roads and towns and attacking the houses there is nothing it will not eat besides the obvious things.

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A invasive vine but grows fast so you can make it a edible appetite

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A invasive vine but grows fast so you can make it a edible appetite

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many recipes maybe eat chopped kudzu leaves raw in salad or cook them like spinach leaves Cook kudzu roots like potatoes, or dry them and grind them into powder. Use kudzu root powder as a breading for fried foods or a thickener for sauces so much possibility only limited by what you can think of that's good food

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the vines have to be cut at the ground and then sprayed with one of a variety of herbicides. Indiana's Department of Natural Resources says that if herbicides are used to apply it during the summer it will kill it better

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native to Japan It was introduced to the United States during the Philadelphia in 1876 where it was known as a great ornamental plant for its sweet smelling blooms

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From the 30s through the 50s, the Soil Conservation Service promoted it as a great tool for soil erosion control and was planted throughout the south. Little did we know that kudzu is overtaking and growing over anything in its path.

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