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Three quick things: Kudzu, a Japanese vine originally brought to North Carolina in the late 1800s, is an invasive species that spreads rapidly, taking over resources that other plants need to survive.
Kudzu is also able to allocate large portions of carbon to root growth, allowing it to acquire sufficient nutrients for rapid growth and to spread clonally. Primary kudzu roots can weigh over 180 kilograms (400 lb), grow to 18 centimetres (7 in) in diameter, and penetrate soil at a rate of 3 centimetres (1 + 1 ⁄ 8 in) in depth per day. Kudzu ...
Megacopta cribraria, also called the bean plataspid, kudzu bug, globular stink bug and lablab bug, is a shield bug native to India and China, where it is an agricultural pest of lablab beans and other legumes. [2]
Kudzu smothering trees in Atlanta, Georgia, US. Kudzu (/ ˈ k uː d z u, ˈ k ʊ d-, ˈ k ʌ d-/), also called Japanese arrowroot or Chinese arrowroot, [1] [2] is a group of climbing, coiling, and trailing deciduous perennial vines native to much of East Asia, Southeast Asia, and some Pacific islands. [2] It is invasive in many parts of the ...
Pueraria montana is a species of plant in the botanical family Fabaceae. [3] At least three sub-species (alternatively called varieties) are known. It is closely related to other species in the genus Pueraria (P. edulis and P. phaseoloides) and the common name kudzu is used for all of these species and hybrids between them.
Pueraria tuberosa, commonly known as kudzu, [2] Indian kudzu, [3] or Nepalese kudzu, [3] Vidarikand, [4] Sanskrit: Bhukushmandi (भूकुशमंडी) [5] is a climber with woody tuberculated stem. It is a climbing, coiling and trailing vine with large tuberous roots.
Pueraria montana var. lobata is a highly invasive species that grows by smothering all other vegetation around it and climbing over seedlings and mature trees. This in turn can kill the smothered plants and impact their mutualistic interactions with other neighboring plants and animals. [4]
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