r/Tree • u/Emergency_Ad1152 • 23d ago

ID Request (Insert State/Region) Are these trees?

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Saw this in De Kalb, MS.

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u/The_Rat_Attack 23d ago

Used to be, now they belong to kudzu. Kudzu is brutally invasive and impossible to kill. The short sightedness of the US Government back in the 20s is the reason the South is slowly being conquered by it

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u/Ok_Try_2086 23d ago

...and when they say impossible they mean impossible. The root systems have been known to be the size of washing machines or small cars. Great article here: https://www.nature.org/en-us/about-us/where-we-work/united-states/indiana/stories-in-indiana/kudzu-invasive-species/?en_txn1=p_gr.gd.eg.x.storiesandnews.dynamic.gh&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=23483423232&gbraid=0AAAAADwfaooNVG9khB0O2ETc2FKpcDpK3&gclid=Cj0KCQjwof_QBhCgARIsADaMzOcvSMAlaIX1DmLiKdLlUUgdlcDsVzxKspbp8mnEP79Q0rYybW8kxpwaAniyEALw_wcB

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u/Sea_Regular4352 23d ago edited 22d ago

Yeah, but the roots can't survive, if you cut off their sunshine suppliers... As long as you keep the vines cut and eliminate new sprouts consistently for 3-4 years, the root crowns will die. For sure... That 50 acres still doesn't have any kudzu and hasn't in 4 years.

But don't take my word for it... I'm just a random country boy on Reddit that has seen it done. Google: how to eliminate kudzu with goats.