"Our invasive Plant Crew has been hard at work." Local group shares powerful before-and-after photos of invasive species removal: 'A collaborative approach' first appeared on The Cool Down.

By 1953, Kudzu was reclassified as a weed to be controlled, made all the more difficult by its varied ability to reproduce through root suckers, rooting at the nodes and by spreading seeds.

Kudzu, whose scientific name is Pueraria mirfica, is a vine used in Chinese medicine for a variety of health promoting purposes. The root in particular is valued for its medicinal properties ...