Are you maybe thinking of kudzu?
http://www.jjanthony.com/kudzu/
2006-10-18 08:26:03
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answered by Skullchick 3
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NO idea what "zuduz" is. Maybe your trying to refer to kudzu.
Kudzu was introduced from Japan into the United States in 1876 at the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition, where it was promoted as a forage crop and an ornamental plant. From 1935 to the early 1950s the Soil Conservation Service encouraged farmers in the South to plant kudzu to reduce soil erosion, and Franklin D. Roosevelt's Civilian Conservation Corps planted it widely for many years. Kudzu was recognized as a pest weed by the United States Department of Agriculture in 1953, and was removed from its list of permissible cover plants.
Kudzu is now common throughout most of the southeastern United States, and has been found as far north as Pennsylvania, and as far south as Key West, Florida. It has also been found growing (rather inexplicably) in Clackamas County, Oregon in 2000 ([6]). In all, kudzu infests 20,000 to 30,000 square kilometres of land in the United States and costs around $500 million annually in lost cropland and control costs. It cannot tolerate extremely low freezing temperatures that bring the frost line down through its entire root system; however it does require some cold weather (a solid frost or freeze annually).
Kudzu is also becoming a problem in northeastern Australia.
Kudzu vines can make walking across an area nearly impossible, as it takes over all horizontal and vertical surfaces, both natural and manmade. Its dense growth obstructs all views and movement into the area. It kills or degrades other plants by smothering them under a solid blanket of leaves, by girdling woody stems and tree trunks, and by breaking branches or uprooting entire trees and shrubs through its weight.
The spread of kudzu is mainly by vegetative expansion by runners and rhizomes and by vines that root at the nodes to form new plants. Kudzu will also spread by seeds, which are contained in pods and mature in the autumn. One or two viable seeds are produced per cluster of pods. These hard-coated seeds may not germinate for several years, which can result in the re-appearance of the species years after it was thought eradicated at a site.
2006-10-18 08:33:18
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answered by Jeffrey S 6
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it's originally brought over to this country from japan to help stop the erosion of soil in the United States South. It is a fast growing vine with deep and shallow roots that form a dense web. it has large somewhat heart shaped leaves of deep green and blooms purple in the spring. parts of it can be used to make a tea.it is almost impossible to kill. and kudzu...as i think you meant is a blight over much of the land.
2006-10-18 08:28:00
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answered by Cheryl E 4
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The Camelot HeraldZuduz 24th level Sorceress,
http://www.camelotherald.com/guilds/guild.php?s=Galahad&g=2018
2006-10-18 08:49:37
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answered by Anonymous
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I think you mean kudzu. I answer only to reinforce the previous answerers.
2006-10-18 08:31:43
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answered by pessimoptimist 5
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