What is kudzu? Did you know that this plant isn't actually from the southern US? These are fast-growing, invasive vines native to Japan and southeast China that have become a major ecological concern.

CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) — Often called “the vine that ate the South,” Kudzu is an invasive plant that has its grip over a great deal of land in West Virginia, and it all began with an expo.

Such has been the case with plants like kudzu and insects like the emerald ... over the past couple of decades has been the rise of invasive alien species. In nature, ecosystems eventually reach ...

Many invasive plants and insect pests have had negative economic impacts on agriculture, forestry, home landscapes and ...

"An invasive plant as fast-growing as kudzu outcompetes everything from native grasses to fully mature trees by shading them from the sunlight they need to photosynthesize," said The Nature ...

Similar to invasive plants that can take over your garden (looking at you, kudzu), there are also invasive insects to watch out for. Why? Because slowing or stopping their spread helps both your ...

Kudzu is sometimes called "the vine that ate ... A few years ago, there was a lot of talk about finding a way to use the invasive plant as a biomass ingredient for cellulosic ethanol, with both ...

From Spotted Lanternflies and Brown Marmorated Stinkbugs, to the Kudzu plant, the Commonwealth has its fair share of invasive species. "Invasive species is a general term for a species ...

Kudzu is a legume species and is closely enough ... Cattle ranchers in the south are dealing with a couple of invasive plant species that are degrading the quality of their pastures and forcing ...

Autumn olive, tree of heaven, English ivy, Japanese honeysuckle. Such lovely names for plants that are wreaking havoc across Virginia and beyond. This week is National Invasive Species Awareness ...

while invasive insects such as the spotted lanternfly can actually kill crop plants. In forest systems, kudzu — a highly invasive vine in the United States — grows rapidly and smothers trees ...