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Pueraria montana (Lour.) Merr.
kudzu

       
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Pueraria montana (Lour.) Merr.

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Distribution:
Pueraria montana (Lour.) Merr.

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USA (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MO, MS, NC, NE, NJ, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WA, WV)
 

Related Taxa:
Pueraria montana (Lour.) Merr.

View 236 genera in Fabaceae, 2 species in Pueraria or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.
Distribution of Pueraria montana (Lour.) Merr. var. lobata (Willd.) Maesen & S. Almeida. . Image Available.
Pueraria montana var. lobata
kudzu
Distribution of Pueraria montana (Lour.) Merr. var. montana. .
Pueraria montana var. montana
Taiwan kudzu
Plant is native (blue) Native   Plant is introduced Introduced
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Classification:
Pueraria montana (Lour.) Merr.

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass Rosidae
Order Fabales
Family Fabaceae – Pea family
Genus Pueraria DC. – kudzu
Species Pueraria montana (Lour.) Merr. – kudzu
 

Noxious Weed Information:
Pueraria montana (Lour.) Merr.

This plant and the related entities and synonyms italicized and indented below are listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete noxious weed list for that location, or click here for a composite list of all Federal and State Noxious Weeds.

Connecticut:
kudzu              Potentially invasive, banned
Florida:
kudzu              Noxious weed
Illinois:
Pueraria lobata [=PUMOL]
kudzu              Noxious weed
Kansas:
Pueraria lobata [=PUMOL]
kudzu              Noxious weed
Kentucky:
Pueraria lobata [=PUMOL]
kudzu              Noxious weed
Massachusetts:
kudzu, Japanese arrowroot              Prohibited
Mississippi:
Pueraria montana var. lobata
kudzu              Noxious weed
Missouri:
Pueraria lobata [=PUMOL]
kudzu              Noxious weed
Oregon:
Pueraria lobata [=PUMOL]
kudzu              "A" designated weed
kudzu              Quarantine
Pennsylvania:
Pueraria lobata [=PUMOL]
kudzu-vine              Noxious weed
Texas:
Pueraria lobata [=PUMOL]
kudzu              Noxious plant
Washington:
Pueraria montana var. lobata
kudzu              Class A noxious weed
kudzu              Noxious weed seed and plant quarantine
West Virginia:
Pueraria thunbergiana [=PUMOL]
kudzu              Noxious weed
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Pueraria montana (Lour.) Merr.

kudzu
Pueraria lobata [=PUMOL]
kudzu
kudzu vine
Pueraria montana var. lobata
Japanese arrowroot
acha
aka
kudzu
nepalem
wa yaka
Pueraria thunbergiana [=PUMOL]
kudzu

This plant and the related entities and synonyms italicized and indented above can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

STATE        Assorted authors. 200_. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
FLEPPC        Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council. 1999. Invasive plant list (19 October 1999). Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council. Florida.
HEAR        USDI, Geological Survey. 1999. Information index for selected alien plants in Hawaii (20 October 2003). Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk Project, Biological Resources Division, Haleakala Field Station. Makawao, Hawaii.
KY        Haragan, P.D. 1991. Weeds of Kentucky and adjacent states: a field guide. The University Press of Kentucky. Lexington, Kentucky. 278pp.
N'EAST        Uva, R.H., J.C. Neal, & J.M. DiTomaso. 1997. Weeds of the Northeast. Cornell University Press. Ithaca, New York. 397pp.
SEEPPC        Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council. 1996. Invasive exotic pest plants in Tennessee (19 October 1999). Research Committee of the Tennessee Exotic Pest Plant Council. Tennessee.
SWSS        Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.
 

Introduced Information:
Pueraria montana (Lour.) Merr.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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Wildlife Habitat Values:
Pueraria montana (Lour.) Merr.

  Large Mammals Small Mammals Water Birds Terrestrial Birds
Source Large Mammals Food Large Mammals Cover Small Mammals Food Small Mammals Cover Water Birds Food Water Birds Cover Terrestrial Birds Food Terrestrial Birds Cover
Miller Moderate Moderate   Moderate        
Wildlife Habitat Values

 

Miller, J.H., and K.V. Miller. 1999. Forest plants of the southeast and their wildlife uses. Southern Weed Science Society.

 

More Accounts and Images:
Pueraria montana (Lour.) Merr.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 504683.

 

Related Web Sites:
Pueraria montana (Lour.) Merr.

Army-Plant Management Information System

CT-Invasive Plant Atlas of New England

European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization

FL-FL EPPC Fact Sheet

FL-Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council

Global Invasive Species Database

HI-Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk

InvasiveSpecies.gov

Kudzu Control Without Chemicals

MO-MBG Plant Finder

MO-Missouri Vegetation Management Manual

NPCI Alien Plant Working Group: abstract & image

OR-Dept. of Agriculture Weed Control

Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council

TNC: Wildland Invasive Species Program

USDA FS Southern Research Station

USDA FS Treesearch

University of Alabama: The Amazing Story of Kudzu

University of Florida, Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants

VA-Virginia Native Plant Society

VA-Virginia Tech Dendrology

www.invasivespecies.org

 
 
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