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Kudzu, revisited

Stopped at a local state park this weekend where I found the following flyer:

"Kudzu, the Mile-A-Minute-Vine

Kudzu originally comes from the Orient.  

Kudzu has a fragrant purple flower that blooms in the late summer.

Kudzu is a member of the legume or pea family.

Kudzu was used for vine wreaths and baskets as well as for hemp-like rope 
material.

In Japan the young tender leaves and the root are used for food.

Kudzu has a taproot that can reach up to twelve feet long.

Kudzu can grow up to twelve inches in twenty-four hours.

Kudzu grows over and encompasses any plants, bushes, or trees that it comes 
in contact with, choking out the sunlight from the plant, killing it.

Kudzu was planted across the Southeastern United States in the 1930s for 
erosion control, food for grazing animals, and ground cover.

Because of the long taproot it is a poor erosion control plant.

Kudzu is a very herbicide resistant plant.

Fire or mowing will not kill the taproot of the plant.

Kudzu is another example of a nonnative species introduced into our ecosystem 
that out-competes native species.

Kudzu was a mistake.

Kudzu is probably here to stay."


Carmen
When you cannot change the direction of the wind, change the direction of 
your sail.
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