Kudzu was brought to the US in 1920's ( I believe) by Corps of Engineers to
control erosion. It seems to have succeeded in that regard.
Brian P. Huber
I remember a very
> photogenic strip of rain forest in Narrabeen, one of Sydney's Northern
> Beach suburbs, on either side of the Wakehurst Parkway. It was covered
> in an ivy-like parasitic creeper that looked very similar to the kudzu
> in Mike's pics. Does anyone know if the'yre the same or related? I
> could well believe it because certain shrubs that grow at a manageable
> rate in cooler countries tend to go out of control in Australia. A good
> example is privet, used for hedges in the UK but considered a noxious
> weed in Oz.
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