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No, kudzu vines are not commensal to trees. Commensalism describes an interaction that permits one organism to benefit from another without causing harm. Kudzu (Pueraria spp) injures trees by stealing all air, light and moisture and wrapping to the point of suffocation.
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How do people interact with Kudzu?
Mainly by trying to chop, mow, and spray the stuff. Kudzu is a very fast growing plant that will overgrow a forest and smother the trees. A severe nuisance plant.
What has leaves?
plants,leaves,trees and more
Examples of plants that grow in the rainforest?
vines, shrubs, and small trees.
What are the 4 classification of plants according to their characteristics of their stems?
herbs vines trees shrubs
What organisms eat kudzu vine?
what eats kudzu? Well the platasid eats the kudzu that is its natural habitat but in the U.S. bunnies and cows eat it
Do vines grow on houses?
Vines can grow on houses, particularly ivy or kudzu.
What are climbing vines?
Climbing vines are vines that will grow up a trellis or the side of a house if left to grow unchecked. Some examples of climbing vines include kudzu and ivy.
What are Names of vines with 5 letters?
The notorious, destructive, un-stoppable KUDZU vine.
What does the kudzu do to the planet?
It suffocates trees and kills them.
What medicines did the Ancient Japanese make?
Kudzu (or Kuzu) is a leguminous plant that grows wild in the mountains and fields of Japan. A very strong plant, it has vines that wrap around trees and eventually pull the trees down. A snow-white starch is made from the kudzu root and has been used as a food and a medicine by the Japanese since ancient times. Kudzu is effective in treating colds and cures many ailments, such as high blood pressure, stiff muscles,neuralgia, and rheumatism.
Do trees help vines?
no vines really kill the tree.
What are some solutions to kudzu vines?
Known as the vine that ate the south. The "Kudzu Vine" spreads at a rate of 150,000 acres a year.Plant pathologists are testing Myrothecium verrucaria, a fungus that damages the kudzu vine within hours.Please see related link below!
Are pickles grown on trees or vines?
While growing, they are cucumbers and grow on vines.
How do the trees help the vines?
Trees help the vines by giving them nutrients that the tree once had, but instead is now giving them to the vines. Yet the tree is losing nutrients that it needs to survive because of the vines taking the nutrients from it.
Do lemons grow on vines?
They grow on trees.
What do vines get when they climb up trees?
Diabetes?
Where is kudzu mentioned in To Kill a Mockingbird?
In Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird," kudzu is mentioned briefly in Chapter 30 when Scout is trying to identify Boo Radley's house from the street. She recalls Atticus mentioning that the Radleys' house is hidden from view by a curtain of kudzu vines. This detail adds to the mysterious and reclusive nature of the Radley family in the novel.
