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Species like spotted lanternflies, zebra mussels and wild pigs are popping up around the commonwealth. Here's how to handle ...
The vine's alternating, compound leaves with three leaflets help identify it. Kudzu is native to China, but was found to have useful applications in the U.S. as nutritious feed for livestock and ...
Notorious as “the vine that ate the South,” kudzu has swallowed up wide swaths of rural Kentucky, snaking up telephone poles and carpeting hillsides. It can grow up to 2 inches per day in the ...
From wild boars to kudzu, Kentucky is home to many invasive species. Some invasive species are safe to remove on your own, ... Winter creeper is a vine that blooms green-white in June and July.
The foundation of the Cope gospel is the fast-growing vine, kudzu; ... On his way to drop a little money at the 1945 Kentucky Derby, Cope spotted a grass called Kentucky 31 fescue, ...
Review of “Devoured: The Extraordinary Story of Kudzu, the Vine That Ate the South,” by Ayurella Horn-Muller; LSU Press; 255 pages Over approximately 100 years, kudzu has become an intrinsic ...
First we had kudzu vine…now we have kudzu bugs! This pest of kudzu plants in Asia somehow travelled to the US and now anyone living near a patch of kudzu often spots the insects on their green ...
Notorious as “the vine that ate the South,” kudzu has swallowed up wide swaths of rural Kentucky, snaking up telephone poles and carpeting hillsides. It can grow up to 2 inches per day in the ...
Porcelain berry is another invasive vine in Kentucky, somewhat resembling wild grapevine. It's known to overtake native vegetation and can wrap around trees, stealing resources and strangling them.