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.
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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.
Vines can grow on houses, particularly ivy or kudzu.
umm i am not so sure but i know that a kudzu vine is a green leafy vine that has purple flowers
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.
The notorious, destructive, un-stoppable KUDZU vine.
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.
Kudzus are used for many different things, they help prevent erosion, they are great for fiber, and they are climbing vines from japan and china.
Brown, green and purple are kudzu's colors. The climbing, coiling, trailing vines in question (Pueraria spp) have brown roots and seed pods and grape-scented, purple flowers. The leaflets look the darkest green of the above-ground foliage and shoots.
some types do
Yes, in fact, in early China and Japan, it was used as a main source of starch, until the discovery of the Sweet Potatoe. Today, it is sometimes used as a treatment for chest pains and high blood pressure.
isoprene is in a kudzu cell
There are some types of leafless vines. Link.