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Re: [OM] [OT] Kudzu pics

Subject: Re: [OM] [OT] Kudzu pics
From: "Barry B. Bean" <bbbean@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2000 11:13:35 -0500 (CDT)
On Wed, 4 Oct 2000 18:46:21 -0700 (PDT), Ray Moth wrote:

>I remember a very
>photogenic strip of rain forest in Narrabeen, one of Sydney's Northern
>Beach suburbs, on either side of the Wakehurst Parkway. It was covered
>in an ivy-like parasitic creeper that looked very similar to the kudzu
>in Mike's pics. Does anyone know if the'yre the same or related? 

Kudzu was imported to the Southern US from Japan or Korea to fight
erosion. So it's possible that it may share an Asian ancestor with
your Aussie vine.

BB 
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B.B. Bean                                       bbbean@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Bean & Bean Cotton Co/Bean Farms                http://www.beancotton.com
Peach Orchard, MO


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