Northern residents may not be familiar with kuzdu, but at the mention of this plant many Southerners’ minds would probably spring to its various nicknames: the “mile a minute vine,” the “green scourge,” or the “drop it and run vine.” Kuzdu, a trailing and climbing vine associated with the legume family, is infamous throughout the Southeastern US for its aggressiveness. Kuzdu’s rapid growth rate- up to one foot per day- poses an ecological threat, especially to forests, and this danger has led to many efforts to curb kuzdu’s spread