Maggie Invasive Species Padlet by Magdalena Gibson https://padlet.com/3626058/wgp7dw7n5qh79bve Made with a stroke of good luck en-us 2020-10-15 14:13:57 UTC 2025-11-08 16:26:54 UTC hello@padlet.com Kudzu 3626058 https://padlet.com/3626058/wgp7dw7n5qh79bve/wish/832463379 2020-10-15 14:22:45 UTC https://padlet.com/3626058/wgp7dw7n5qh79bve/wish/832463379 What is the species scientific name? 3626058 https://padlet.com/3626058/wgp7dw7n5qh79bve/wish/832476926 Pueraria montana]]> 2020-10-15 14:25:52 UTC https://padlet.com/3626058/wgp7dw7n5qh79bve/wish/832476926 Sources 3626058 https://padlet.com/3626058/wgp7dw7n5qh79bve/wish/832486229 http://nyis.info/invasive_species/kudzu/
https://www.invasive.org/alien/pubs/midatlantic/pumol.htm
https://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/terrestrial/plants/kudzu]]> 2020-10-15 14:28:02 UTC https://padlet.com/3626058/wgp7dw7n5qh79bve/wish/832486229 What is the species native geographical location/habitat? 3626058 https://padlet.com/3626058/wgp7dw7n5qh79bve/wish/832510133 Kudzu is native to Asia. (China, Japan, and the Indian subcontinent).]]> 2020-10-15 14:33:31 UTC https://padlet.com/3626058/wgp7dw7n5qh79bve/wish/832510133 What is the species invaded geographical location/habitat? 3626058 https://padlet.com/3626058/wgp7dw7n5qh79bve/wish/832540791 Kudzu can be found in 30 different US states, mostly on the Eastern side (especially more southern ones). There is also some in Ontario, Canada.]]> 2020-10-15 14:40:22 UTC https://padlet.com/3626058/wgp7dw7n5qh79bve/wish/832540791 How was the species introduced? 3626058 https://padlet.com/3626058/wgp7dw7n5qh79bve/wish/832571316 It first arrived in the US in 1876, with a Japanese pavilion at the Philidelphia Centennial Exposition. People first used on their porches. Later, the government paid people to plant it, to try to stop erosion.]]> 2020-10-15 14:47:05 UTC https://padlet.com/3626058/wgp7dw7n5qh79bve/wish/832571316 Was the introduction intentional or accidental? 3626058 https://padlet.com/3626058/wgp7dw7n5qh79bve/wish/832590369 The original introduction, (with the pavilion) was probably accidental. They meant to bring it with them, but they did not mean for it to spread everywere. Later, when the government encouraged people to plant kudzu, it was definately intentional.]]> 2020-10-15 14:51:20 UTC https://padlet.com/3626058/wgp7dw7n5qh79bve/wish/832590369 What is the species impact on the ecosystem? 3626058 https://padlet.com/3626058/wgp7dw7n5qh79bve/wish/835657671 It grows fast and can grow over native plants and take all the sunlight/crowd out plants. It can also girdle trees and make them easier to fall over in storms (with the added weight of the vines).]]> 2020-10-16 14:12:58 UTC https://padlet.com/3626058/wgp7dw7n5qh79bve/wish/835657671 How can we prevent more invasions from this organism? 3626058 https://padlet.com/3626058/wgp7dw7n5qh79bve/wish/835669197 Kudzu is hard to get rid of. If you want to completely eradicate it from an area, you have to kill all of the root crowns. The longer kudzu has been in a place, the harder it is to kill. Mowing it down does not work very well, so herbicides are sometimes used. So, it would probably be best to not let it get somewhere in the first place, (preventing spread by destroying populations around were you want to protect) or kill it when it is very small.]]> 2020-10-16 14:16:05 UTC https://padlet.com/3626058/wgp7dw7n5qh79bve/wish/835669197