How was kudzu introduced to Kentucky?

Answer 1

Kudzu was considered to be a good bankholder against erosion, a good cover crop between plantings, and a good soil builder. For kudzu is a legume, which are the nitrogen fixers of the plant world. Nitrogen fixing bacteria, nematodes and plants turn nitrogen that's present in the soil, but unavailable to plants, into soluble nitrogen. For nitrogen must be soluble, to be taken up as the water and nutrients that roots need to send up to shoots, for photosynthesis. Plants need 16-17 nutrients for growth and survival. And nitrogen is in the top most needed of those nutrients. For these reasons, the Civilian Conservation Corps planted kudzu along highways in the Southern States. Also during the depression of the 1930s, the Soil Conservation Service paid farmers $8.00 for every acre that was planted with the purported aesthetic, environmentally friendly plant. And key newspapers and key nurseries promoted the plant's use.

Answer 2

The year 1876 is when kudzu was introduced into the United States of America.

Specifically, the plant in question (Pueraria spp) counted among the displays at the Japanese pavilion in the 1876 Centennial Exposition. The event took place between May 10th and November 10th in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The theme was international exhibition of arts, manufactures and products of the soil and mine.

Answer 3

To control soil erosion is the reason why kudzu (Pueraria spp) was introduced into the United States of America. Government and industry operated without complete understanding of the impacts of displacement -- which can exacerbate pre-existing aggressive tendencies -- and lack of natural enemies during the process of introducing non-natives into disturbed, stressed environments.

Answer 4

The state where kudzu first was introduced into the United States of America was Pennsylvania. For Philadelphia was the location of the Centennial Exposition, in 1876. The Friendly City opened its doors to exhibits from elsewhere in the United States, and from around the world, to celebrate their country's 100th birthday. But the exhibit from Japan included the large-leaved, sweet-smelling kudzu. Decades later, in the 1920s, Charles and Lillie Pleas, of the Glen Arden Nursery of Chipley, Florida, imported and sold kudzu. One of their persuasive sells was the attraction of the young, green shoots, over anything else in the garden, to wildlife. And during the depression of the 1930s, the Civilian Conservation Corps planted kudzu along highways. For the Soil Conservation Service considered kudzu a good bankholder against erosion of slopes. And, even into the 1940s, farmers were paid $8.00/acre to plant kudzu. For newspapers such as the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and the equivalents in others of the Southern States, promoted kudzu's use as the most miraculous of vines. It was only in the 1950s that the push for kudzu lost steam. For the United States government finally had the data on the aggressiveness of the exotic plant. And so, in 1953, the federal government stopped promoting the plant's use in the United States.

Answer 5

A plant that's exotic to the United States isn't native to any one of the states. It may get into the United States by accident. Or it may get in by intent, such as through the decisions of the highway department or the horticultural industry. Most exotic plants that are brought into the United States transplant well, and therefore naturalize successfully. But a small minority responds aggressively, and ends up outcompeting everything in sight. Kudzu is one such example. And it's in the United States because the Highway Department chose to bring it in. In its native Japan, kudzu has a reputation as a bankholder, against soil erosion. There, it gives seasonal interest by the longlived greenness of its foliage. But there, it also has natural controls on its growth. But these controls stay in the archipelago when the plant is exported. Therefore, kudzu is free to grow rampantly, without the fear of being topped by anyone or anything that keeps it in its place in Japan.

Answer 6

Soil erosion control is the reason why kudzu was introduced into the United States of America. The plant in question (Pueraria spp) may be pleasing in its native habitats in eastern and southeastern Asia and on some Pacific Ocean islands because of its attractive, edible, and fast coverage of bare, disturbed, unused, and vacant sites. Outside of its native niches, it nevertheless tends to outcompete all vegetation in the immediate area.

Answer 7

cause it helps trees stay away andso tree men woulnt havt to cut it 5th grade girl

Answer 8

Kudzu was introduced to the US in 1876 at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia,Pennsylvania, as an ornamental plant

Answer 9

Kudzu got to the United States through introduction as part of the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition in 1876.