The villain is a large, evergreen shrub or small tree called Chinese privet (Ligustrum sinense), which is very invasive in the southern U.S. It's worse than kudzu because kudzu needs sun to grow.

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“This acre back here has a lot of invasives, tallows, Chinese privet, honeysuckle. This could use some more diversity,” said Phyllis Grifford. They cut down the non-desirable invasive trees ...

“Seed from unsolicited sources like this should never be planted, because some could have invasive potential like cogongrass, kudzu or Chinese privet that aggressively spread.” Once ...

From European privetto Chinese privet (Ligustrum sinense), most privet species brought to the U.S. are now considered invasive. For example, European privet, also known as primwort, is a popular hedge ...

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