| Originally, kudzu was promoted in the 1800s as an erosion control and cheap livestock forage for the eastern and southern United States. |
| An extract from the root of the notorious creeping vine, kudzu, may also prove helpful. |
| Michael and I spent two days, sometimes on hands and knees, in a chigger-infested jungle of pine and kudzu seeking vestiges of the Gudger shack. |
| Other kudzu entrepreneurs make sculptures, bales for animal feed, kudzu cookbooks, kudzu soaps, and kudzu dyes for t-shirts. |
| But beyond the city limits, where the kudzu creeps over buildings and trees, the mood can turn darker. |
| A fungus from the sicklepod plant, Arabis canadensis, found in the south-eastern United States, effectively controls kudzu. |
