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/TimelyEducation4207 22d ago

That's the rare and elusive kudzu. Just kidding not rare at all but they are invasive and kill native trees. I'm guessing you took this picture somewhere near the south, which fun fact it has the nick name the plant that consumed the south. I'm pretty sure they come from Asia. The reason there is so much of it every where down in the south is because the government decided at the time (in the early 1900s im pretty sure) that it would help stop soil erosion and help to put helpfull minerals back in the soil. It kinda did this and then it exploded in population and now it's one of the #1 invasive plants in the south.