I feared kudzu. I’d walk an extra mile to avoid patches of it and the writhing knots of snakes that everyone said were breeding within. Though fascinated by the grape-scented flowers and the ...

Known colloquially as "The Vine That Ate the South," Kudzu (Pueraria montana), or Japanese Arrowroot, is a fast-growing vine ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WOWK) — Often called “the vine that ate the South,” Kudzu is an invasive plant that has its grip over a great deal of land in West Virginia, and it all began with an expo.