Article: Invasion of the South: Kudzu is taking over.

Byline: Jeremy Borden

WASHINGTON _ Kudzu must be the envy of all in the weed kingdom. It has inspired poetry and comedy, and is sold as an herbal remedy. For some it's just a vine; others think of it in slightly harsher terms using words like "scourge" and "epidemic."

But for some kudzu aficionados it's a life's calling.

Kudzu, an Asian vine that has caused all kinds of ecological problems since it was introduced in the United States, has been an object of fascination ever since it was introduced as an erosion control agent in the 1930s. Newspaper reporter Channing Cope, who wrote for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, championed the kudzu cause, ...

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