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Find more images Distribution / Maps / Survey Status Early Detection & Distribution Mapping System (EDDMapS) - Kudzu Videos YouTube - Invasive Species: Kudzu YouTube - Kudzu Spreads North All Resources Selected Resources Priority Species: Kudzu Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council Invasive Plant Manual - Kudzu EPPO Global Database - Pueraria montana var. lobata Global Invasive Species Database - Pueraria montana var. lobata (vine, climber) Invaders Factsheet: Kudzu Invasive Species Compendium - Pueraria montana var. lobata New York Invasive Species Information - Kudzu Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER) - Pueraria lobata Southern Forest Health - Kudzu Texas Invasives Database - Pueraria montana The Quiet Invasion: A Guide to Invasive Species of the Galveston Bay Area - Kudzu, Japanese Arrowroot Weeds Australia - Kudzu (Pueraria lobata) Fire Effects Information System (FEIS) - Pueraria montana var. montana PLANTS Database - Kudzu U.S. National Plant Germplasm System - Pueraria montana Invasive Plants: Restricted Invasive Plants - Kudzu Plant Pest Risk Assessment for Kudzu, Pueraria montana [PDF, 1.66 MB] Forest Pests: Invasive Plants and Insects of Maryland - Kudzu [PDF, 670 KB] Invasive Species Leaflet - Pueraria montana [PDF, 206] Class A Noxious Weed: Kudzu Division Programs: Kudzu Field Guide: Invasive - Kudzu Invasive Plants in Pennsylvania: Kudzu [PDF, 211 KB] Invasive Species: Kudzu Kudzu (Pueraria montana or P. lobata) Kudzu [PDF, 207 KB] The History and Use of Kudzu in the Southeastern United States Introduced Species Summary Project - Kudzu Plant Profile: Pueraria montana

Scientific Name

Pueraria montana var. lobata (Willd.) Maesen & S. M. Almeida ex Sanjappa & Predeep (ITIS)

Common Name

Kudzu

Native To

Asia (Everest et al. 1999)

Date of U.S. Introduction

Late 1800s (Everest et al. 1999)

Means of Introduction

Introduced as an ornamental and for erosion control (Everest et al. 1999)

Impact

Crowds out native species (Everest et al. 1999)

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