Invasive Plant: Kudzu - Portland.gov
Kudzu is a fast-growing vine that climbs trees, powerlines, and structures. Kudzu vines will smother a tree—keeping the tree from getting light or causing it break from the weight of the vines. Kudzu is extremely rare in the Portland area. No …
Climbing vines readily cover trees and shrubs forming what is referred to in the south as “kudzu sculptures”. Trifoliate leaves are alternate, six to eight inches long, and have fuzzy pubescence on the undersides. Leaf shape varies from oval, lobed, or nearly heart shaped.
A weedy scourge: 20 invasive plant species that cost Oregon millions
2018年6月19日 · How it impacts the environment: Kudzu kills native plants, trees and shrubs by smothering them with a nearly-impenetrable blanket of leaves and wrappits viney tentacles around stems and tree...
Kudzu has been found at four locations in the Pacific Northwest, three within Oregon. The Oregon sites have been treated, but additional unknown infestations may exist. What does kudzu do? Fast growing vines climb and cover vegetation. Kudzu vines smother trees, causing them to fall from the weight of the vines or die from insufficient light. The
Kudzu - EMSWCD
Kudzu (Pueraria lobata) is a perennial, high-climbing vine. Though not currently believed to be established in Oregon, this weed poses a serious threat to Multnomah County both ecologically and economically, and is of the highest priority for early detection.
Kudzu – NYIS
Kudzu can now be found in 30 states from Oregon and Washington State to Massachusetts, particularly infesting states from Nebraska and Texas eastward most heavily; the vine is most common in the South. It has also been discovered in Hawaii and the warm, south-facing growing region on the north shore of Lake Erie in the Canadian Province of Ontario.
Pueraria montana var. lobata ODA rating: A and T - Oregon.gov
Description: This aggressive high-climbing vine often completely covers trees, shrubs and man-made structure forming “kudzu sculptures”. Vines may extend thirty to one hundred feet with …
Kudzu (Pueraria montana var. lobata) - Invasive
2010年11月11日 · Infestations have also been reported in North Dakota and Oregon. Kudzu grows well under a wide range of conditions and in many soil types. Preferred habitats are open, sunny areas like forest edges, abandoned fields, roadsides and disturbed areas.
kudzu: Pueraria montana (Fabales: Fabaceae): Invasive Plant Atlas …
Pueraria montana var. lobata often grows over, shades out and kills all other vegetation, including trees. It is native to Asia and was first introduced into the United States in 1876 at the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition. It was widely planted throughout the eastern United States in an attempt to control erosion. Plant (s); Stop Kudzu!
Managing Kudzu in Natural Areas and Rights of Way
Once established, kudzu grows at a rate of one foot per day with mature vines as long as 100 feet. Known as “the vine that ate the South”, kudzu can easily overtake trees, abandoned homes, cars and telephone poles.