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OVERTAKE KUDZU AND WILD BLACKBERRY BEFORE THEY OVERTAKE YOUKUDZU AND WILD BLACKBERRY CAN SPREAD QUICKLY. THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO CONTROL THEM IS TO APPLY A LIQUID WEED KILLER SUCH AS ROUNDUP® READY-TO-USE WILD BLACKBERRY PLUS VINE & BRUSH KILLER. THE FORMULA IS SPECIALLY DESIGNED TO KILL TOUGH WEEDS AND BRUSH. PLUS, IT KILLS TO THE ROOTS, SO THE PLANTS WON'T COME BACK. SEE WWW.ROUNDUP.COM FOR FULL DETAILS.

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EXPLOSIVE GROWTH

WHY IS IT PROBLEMATIC?

KUDZU CAN GROW UP TO:2

KUDZU IS A THREE-LEAFED PERENNIAL VINE THAT SPROUTS FROM A CENTRAL ROOT PRODUCING AS MANY AS 30 VINES IN ALL DIRECTIONS.1

HOW IT SPREADS QUICKLYTHE TOPS OF NEW PLANTS TIP OVER AND TOUCH THE GROUND, WHERE THEY START NEW ROOTS.

ANIMALS SUCH AS BIRDS, SQUIRRELS AND FOX EAT THE BERRIES AND DISTRIBUTE THE SEEDS ELSEWHERE IN THEIR DROPPINGS.13

A SMALL PIECE OF STEM LEFT IN THE GROUND CAN EVENTUALLY FORM A MASSIVE THICKET AS HIGH AS 15 FEET TALL, WITH CANES TO 40 FEET LONG.14

THE MOST-INVASIVE SPECIES

WHAT IS IT & WHERE IS IT FOUND?WILD BLACKBERRY IS A VIGOROUS, FRUIT-BEARING SHRUB THAT RAPIDLY GROWS ON TALL, STIFF CANES. AT FIRST, THESE PLANTS MAY SEEM WELCOME BECAUSE OF THEIR FRUIT, BUT THEY QUICKLY GROW INTO A TANGLED MASS OF PRICKLY BRAMBLES.

EASTERN INVASION

MIRACLE VINE TURNED MENACEKUDZU WAS ORIGINALLY VIEWED AS A MIRACLE VINE, PROVIDING COVER FOR ERODED LAND, EROSION CONTROL ALONG DITCHES AND CHEAP FOOD FOR

LIVESTOCK. BUT BY 1972, THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) DECLARED IT A WEED.6

KUDZU WAS BROUGHT TO THE UNITED STATES FROM JAPAN IN 1876, AS AN ORNAMENTAL VINE SHADING THE JAPANESE PAVILION AT THE PHILADELPHIA CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION.4 IN JAPAN, WITH ITS COOLER CLIMATE, KUDZU IS KEPT IN CHECK.5

WHERE IT GROWS3 Kudzu grows best where winters are mild,

summer temperatures are above 80°F and annual rainfall is 40+ inches.

Especially prevalent inthe Southern states,where it earned its

vivid nickname.

DON’T BE FOOLED BY ITS SWEET CHARMSPINK AND PURPLE KUDZU VINES BLOSSOM IN JULY AND EMIT A SWEET SMELL, WHICH CAN BE DETECTED FROM HUNDREDS OF FEET AWAY.7

KUDZU IS ALSO EDIBLE. IT’S CONSIDERED A DELICACY IN JAPAN, WHERE IT’S MADE INTO A SWEET TOFU.10 IN THE U.S., SOUTHERN COOKS HAVE DEVELOPED CREATIVE WAYS TO PREPARE KUDZU LEAVES, INCLUDING SERVING THEM RAW, SAUTEED, DEEP-FRIED AND BAKED.11

KUDZU HAS EVEN HAD PRACTICAL PURPOSES OVER THE YEARS. IN WORLD WAR II, MILITARY PLANNERS USED IT TO PROVIDE NATURAL CAMOUFLAGE TO COVER MILITARY INSTALLATIONS, AIRFIELDS AND EQUIPMENT.12

BEWARE THE SWEET TEMPTATIONWHILE WILD BLACKBERRIES ARE SAFE TO EAT, THEY’RE PRICKLY AND THE THICK BRAMBLE PROVIDES SHELTER AND FOOD FOR UNWANTED PESTS IN YOUR YARD, LIKE RATS, SNAKES, WASPS, CHIGGERS AND POISON IVY.18

KUDZU

WILD BLACKBERRY

THE FAST GROWING VINE

OVERSTAYS ITS WELCOME

KUDZU VINES WILL EVENTUALLY GROW OVER ALMOST ANY FIXED OBJECT IN THEIR PATH — INCLUDING PARKED CARS, BUILDINGS AND OTHER VEGETATION.7 THE SMOTHERING VINES CAN KILL OTHER PLANTS IN YOUR YARD AND ELIMINATE NATIVE SPECIES BY BLOCKING OUT LIGHT OR BRINGING DOWN LIMBS WITH THEIR SHEER WEIGHT.8

HIMALAYAN BLACKBERRYHimalayan has five oval toothed leaves.15

CUTLEAF BLACKBERRYCutleaf has five, deep-lobed andjagged leaflets.16

WILD BLACKBERRIES OVERRUN OTHER VEGETATION, SMOTHERING AND BLOCKING ACCESS TO SUNLIGHT.14

THE PLANTS FORM DENSE THICKETS OF THORNY STEMS AND ROOT SYSTEMS THAT CAN OVERRUNYARDS AND HOUSES.17

WHY IS IT PROBLEMATIC?

AN EXPENSIVE INVADERKUDZU COSTS AROUND $500 MILLION ANNUALLY IN LOST CROPLAND AND EFFORTS TO CONTROL IT.9

ABOUT TWICE THE SIZE OF THE FLORIDA KEYS

1 FOOT A DAY

60 FEET IN A SEASON

150,000 ACRES A YEAR

Himalayan

Cutleaf

Both

LONG-LIVED INVADER WILD BLACKBERRY PLANTS CAN LIVE FOR 25 YEARS OR LONGER.13

25YEARS