Kudzu

Basics

• A group of climbing, coiling, and trailing perennial vines native to much of East Asia, Southeast Asia, and some Pacific islands, but invasive in many parts of the world, primarily North America
  • Although the issue of invasiveness is contested
  • Also it is a candidate for Sci-Hub Inc.'s "ENTS" soil-building, bee symbiote plant due to the fact that it grows fast, fixes nitrogen, supports bees, but dies easily

External Links

• The Wikipedia Page on Kudzu
• An Article by "Bill Finch" in the Smithsonian Magazine Titled "The True Story of Kudzu, the Vine That Never Truly Ate the South"
  • An Article by Vox Summarizing the Above
• A USDA Southern Research Station Article Titled "Kudzu’s Entanglement of South Begins to Unravel - An interview with Dr. Kudzu, Forest Service emeritus scientist Jim Miller"
• A 2020 Study Titled "Mapping Vegetation at Species Level with High-Resolution Multispectral and Lidar Data Over a Large Spatial Area: A Case Study with Kudzu"
• An Article Titled "Fragrant summer blooms mask “dark side” to invasive plants, like Japanese honeysuckle and privet" (Dead Link )
  • Wayback Machine copy of it