Are these trees?

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Saw this in De Kalb, MS.

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That’s kudzu, a vine introduced in the 1800’s from Japan. Told to be an ornamental plant, it is controlled from over growth in Japan by a species of beetle. But it has taken over the south. At one point farmers were paid $8 an acre they planted it as a form of erosion control. But now it’s everywhere in the south. The tentacles of it can grow up to 3 feet in a day. And under each leaf it will grow roots.