buildings, and landscapes. Like a green blanket, these vines block direct sunlight and essential resources, ultimately choking native vegetation. Scientists are constantly battling kudzu's spread.

With its rapid growth rate, known to grow up to a foot a day in optimal conditions, kudzu can quickly smother backyards, ...

It sure seemed like a good idea at the time. In the 1930s, farmers and government agents across the American South sowed fields with a popular new Asian import called kudzu that promised to help fight ...