Saturday, August 29, 2009

Creeping Kentucky Kudzu

Sergeant William Glen Bowling Memorial Bridge, Beattyville, Ky.
Looking north up Broadway (Hwy 11) one observes a kudzu vine that creeps over the rail of this bridge. When I left Kentucky in 1972 I was not aware of any kudzu in Kentucky. It has followed waterways like the Northfork of the Kentucky River to cover banks and surrounding trees. This is a true case of biological environmental infestation by an alien plant. Originally brought to the US to feed cattle (which did not work) it is now good for nothing except hiding the trash that litters the banks
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