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Kudzu, an invasive species

Kudzu, an invasive species. "Growth of introduced kudzu in Tennessee." The Gale Encyclopedia of Science. Ed. K. Lee Lerner and Brenda Wilmoth Lerner. 4th ed. Detroit: Gale, 2010. Discover Collection. Web. 17 Apr. 2013. The problem it was originally supposed to fix.

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Kudzu, an invasive species

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  1. Kudzu, an invasive species "Growth of introduced kudzu in Tennessee." The Gale Encyclopedia of Science. Ed. K. Lee Lerner and Brenda Wilmoth Lerner. 4th ed. Detroit: Gale, 2010. Discover Collection. Web. 17 Apr. 2013. The problem it was originally supposed to fix.

  2. What was Kudzu going to fix? • Kudzu was originally brought to America from Japan to prevent soil erosion • Kudzu absorbs the nitrogen in the soil and causes it to grow rapidly.

  3. What is Kudzu? • Kudzu is a plant that is native to Japan • Kudzu was both a pretty decoration and a cheap forage crop in the South. • The large amount of sunlight and humidity helped it spread incredibly fast. • In America, the plant has no predators so it was able to keep growing. • The genus species name for Kudzu is: • Puerariathunbergiana • It is in the legume family • It was originally developed to prevent soil erosion but people also thought it could be used as a form of hay and this provided jobs such as hay bailing, transporting the hay etc.

  4. Where was Kudzu originally found? • It was originally from Japan but shown to the people of Japan at the Philadelphia Exposition in 1876

  5. What does Kudzu look like? What was it used for? • It was a purple plant that's aroma was similar to a grape • Kudzu is full of chemicals, and the most amazing use of this vine may be as a medicine. In Asian countries, kudzu has been used as a treatment for alcoholism and many other diseases as a home remedy.

  6. How do they plan on destroying it? • Right now careful studies are being made about the possibility of using biological controls. A biological control is a natural enemy, such as a predator, parasite, or disease, introduced to slow down an exotic species.

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