Kudzu - Kudzu Kudzu overtaking shrubs Kudzu, Pueraria montana, is a climbing, semi-woody, perennial vine in the pea family. Kudzu is common throughout most of the southeastern United States and has been found as far north as Pennsylvania. The name comes from Japanese kazu (葛), meaning vine. Kudzu vines can make walking across the land nearly impossible, as it takes over all horizontal and vertical surfaces, both natural and manmade. Its dense vegetation obstructs all views and movement into the area. It kills or degrades other plants by smothering them under a solid blanket of leaves, by girdling woody stems and tree trunks, and by breaking branches or uprooting entire trees and shrubs through the sheer force of its weight. Description Deciduous leaves are alternate and compound, with.
Vine - is a growth form based on long, flexible stems. This has two purposes. A vine may use rock exposures, other plants, or other supports for growth rather than investing energy in a lot of supportive tissue, enabling the plant to reach sunlight with a minimum investment of energy. This has been a highly-successful growth form for plants such as kudzu and Japanese honeysuckle, both of which are invasive exotics. The vine growth form may also enable plants to colonize large areas quickly, even without climbing high. This is the case with periwinkle and ground ivy. Most vines are flowering plants. These may be divided into woody vines, such as wisteria, kiwi, and Common ivy, and nonwoody vines, such as ground ivy. Generally, climbers are always woody vines, while nonwoody or herbaceous.
Invasive species - rats overwhelmed seaports and became crop pests during the 1800s in some islands in the Pacific, mongoose were introduced to control them. The mongoose preferred to eat native species that were easier to catch than the invasive rats, and became invaders themselves. Another early use of biological control of an invasive species was an astounding success. In 1868 cottony cushion scale (Icerya purchasi) was accidently introduced to California in a shipment of nursery plants from Australia. The scale moved into citrus groves and became a major pest, actually killing trees. Since the scale is not a serious pest in Australia, a search began to discover why. In 1888 a naturalist observed Australian lady bugs (Rodolia cardinalis) eating the scale. American lady bugs had shown little interest in the insect. The Australian.
Groundcover - plants Shrubs of a low-growing, spreading variety Of these three types, some of the most common groundcovers include: Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Vines 2 Herbaceous Plants 3 Shrubs Vines English ivy, Hedera helix Japanese honeysuckle, Lonicera japonica Kudzu Periwinkle, Vinca minor Herbaceous Plants Goutweed Mints of various types Shrubs Junipers of various low-growing types.
Fabaceae - as Acacia, Mimosa and Flamboyant are (tropical) ornamental trees. Still other members of the family have medicinal or insecticidal properties (for instance derris) or yield important substances like gum arabic, tannin, dyes, or resins. Finally, kudzu, originally planted for soil improvement and as cattle feed, is a notorious weed that (in the southern U.S. at least) grows over everything. All members of this family have five-petaled flowers in which the superior ovary ripens to form a pod whose two sides split apart, releasing the seeds which are attached to one seam, alternately attached to one side or the other. They are classified into three subfamilies, sometimes raised to the rank of family in the order Fabales, on the basis of petal shape: Faboideae (Fabaceae), also called Papilionoideae: One petal is large.
Weed - a plant is an introduced foreign plant that then invades and disturbs natural ecosytems, displacing species native to the target ecoregion. In order to reduce weed growth many weed control strategies have been developed. The most basic is ploughing, which cuts the roots of annual weeds. In modern times, chemical weed killers have caused environmental damage, and efforts are being made to reduce the use of such substances (see for example genetic engineering, organic gardening). Plants that are often considered weeds include: Dandelion Giant salvinia Goutweed Japanese knotweed Kudzu Water hyacinth and many more See also: weedy species, weed control, herbicide, pesticide Weed is also common slang for marijuana..
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List of introduced species - Veined Rapa whelk from the Sea of Japan Insects Balsam woolly adelgid Hemlock woolly adelgid from Japan Beech scale Birch leafminer Gypsy moth from Europe Asian gypsy moth from Siberia European pine shoot moth European spruce sawfly European pine sawfly European elm bark beetle Larch sawfly Larch casebearer Pear thrip from Europe Winter moth Asian long-horned beetle Brown spruce longhorn beetle from Europe Plants Eurasian Water-milfoil from Europe, Asia and northern Africa Ice Plant from South Africa Prickly Pear from South Africa Eucalypts from Australia Lonicera japonica -- Japanese honeysuckle Lonicera maackii -- Amur honeysuckle Rosa multiflora -- multiflora rose Lythrum salicaria -- Purple loosestrife Pueraria montana -- kudzu (aka Pueraria lobata) Celastrus orbiculatus -- oriental bittersweet Elaeagnus umbellata -- autumn-olive Alliaria petiolata -- garlic-mustard Hydrilla verticillata -- Hydrilla from India.
