Index / Search / Pueraria montana
§1 Plant
Pueraria montana (Lour.) Merr.
vernacular kudzu — species · Fabaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Vine
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Fabaceae Lindl.
- Genus
- Pueraria
§2a
Native status, by region
- HI Hawaii Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
- PB Pacific Basin (except Hawaii) Introduced
§2b
County-level range
· 528 counties across 26 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 528 counties across 26 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 61 I ▾
- Autauga 01001
- Baldwin 01003
- Barbour 01005
- Bibb 01007
- Bullock 01011
- Butler 01013
- Calhoun 01015
- Chambers 01017
- Cherokee 01019
- Chilton 01021
- Choctaw 01023
- Clay 01027
- Cleburne 01029
- Coffee 01031
- Colbert 01033
- Conecuh 01035
- Coosa 01037
- Covington 01039
- Crenshaw 01041
- Dale 01045
- Dallas 01047
- Elmore 01051
- Escambia 01053
- Etowah 01055
- Fayette 01057
- Franklin 01059
- Geneva 01061
- Greene 01063
- Hale 01065
- Henry 01067
- Houston 01069
- Jackson 01071
- Jefferson 01073
- Lamar 01075
- Lauderdale 01077
- Lawrence 01079
- Lee 01081
- Limestone 01083
- Lowndes 01085
- Macon 01087
- Madison 01089
- Marengo 01091
- Marion 01093
- Marshall 01095
- Mobile 01097
- Monroe 01099
- Montgomery 01101
- Morgan 01103
- Perry 01105
- Pickens 01107
- Pike 01109
- Randolph 01111
- Shelby 01117
- St. Clair 01115
- Sumter 01119
- Talladega 01121
- Tallapoosa 01123
- Tuscaloosa 01125
- Walker 01127
- Wilcox 01131
- Winston 01133
Arkansas view state ↗ 50 I ▾
- Arkansas 05001
- Ashley 05003
- Baxter 05005
- Bradley 05011
- Calhoun 05013
- Carroll 05015
- Chicot 05017
- Clark 05019
- Cleburne 05023
- Cleveland 05025
- Columbia 05027
- Conway 05029
- Craighead 05031
- Crawford 05033
- Crittenden 05035
- Cross 05037
- Dallas 05039
- Desha 05041
- Drew 05043
- Faulkner 05045
- Franklin 05047
- Fulton 05049
- Garland 05051
- Grant 05053
- Greene 05055
- Hempstead 05057
- Howard 05061
- Jefferson 05069
- Johnson 05071
- Lawrence 05075
- Lee 05077
- Lincoln 05079
- Little River 05081
- Lonoke 05085
- Madison 05087
- Monroe 05095
- Montgomery 05097
- Nevada 05099
- Newton 05101
- Ouachita 05103
- Phillips 05107
- Pope 05115
- Saline 05125
- Searcy 05129
- St. Francis 05123
- Stone 05137
- Union 05139
- Washington 05143
- White 05145
- Yell 05149
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Florida view state ↗ 15 I ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 30 I ▾
- Bartow 13015
- Chatham 13051
- Cherokee 13057
- Clarke 13059
- Coweta 13077
- Crisp 13081
- Dawson 13085
- Decatur 13087
- Elbert 13105
- Forsyth 13117
- Fulton 13121
- Grady 13131
- Habersham 13137
- Harris 13145
- Henry 13151
- Houston 13153
- Jackson 13157
- Jasper 13159
- Lee 13177
- Macon 13193
- Madison 13195
- Meriwether 13199
- Morgan 13211
- Murray 13213
- Oconee 13219
- Rabun 13241
- Randolph 13243
- Troup 13285
- Walton 13297
- Worth 13321
Hawaii view state ↗ 4 I ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 8 I ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 45 I ▾
- Ballard 21007
- Barren 21009
- Bell 21013
- Calloway 21035
- Carlisle 21039
- Carter 21043
- Christian 21047
- Clinton 21053
- Cumberland 21057
- Estill 21065
- Fayette 21067
- Franklin 21073
- Fulton 21075
- Graves 21083
- Green 21087
- Hardin 21093
- Harlan 21095
- Hickman 21105
- Hopkins 21107
- Jackson 21109
- Jefferson 21111
- Laurel 21125
- Lee 21129
- Leslie 21131
- Letcher 21133
- Lewis 21135
- Lyon 21143
- Madison 21151
- Marion 21155
- Marshall 21157
- McCracken 21145
- McCreary 21147
- Menifee 21165
- Metcalfe 21169
- Montgomery 21173
- Owsley 21189
- Pendleton 21191
- Perry 21193
- Pike 21195
- Powell 21197
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Trigg 21221
- Whitley 21235
- Wolfe 21237
Louisiana view state ↗ 40 I ▾
- Allen 22003
- Avoyelles 22009
- Beauregard 22011
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Carroll 22035
- East Feliciana 22037
- Iberia 22045
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson 22051
- Jefferson Davis 22053
- Lafayette 22055
- Lafourche 22057
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Mary 22101
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tensas 22107
- Union 22111
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Carroll 22123
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Massachusetts view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 25 I ▾
- Adams 28001
- Amite 28005
- Benton 28009
- Calhoun 28013
- Carroll 28015
- Choctaw 28019
- Covington 28031
- DeSoto 28033
- Franklin 28037
- Jefferson 28063
- Lafayette 28071
- Lamar 28073
- Leake 28079
- Lee 28081
- Madison 28089
- Marion 28091
- Marshall 28093
- Montgomery 28097
- Panola 28107
- Pike 28113
- Pontotoc 28115
- Simpson 28127
- Union 28145
- Warren 28149
- Washington 28151
Missouri view state ↗ 10 I ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 5 I ▾
New York view state ↗ 9 I ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 32 I ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Alleghany 37005
- Anson 37007
- Avery 37011
- Burke 37023
- Caldwell 37027
- Caswell 37033
- Catawba 37035
- Chatham 37037
- Cherokee 37039
- Cleveland 37045
- Dare 37055
- Davidson 37057
- Duplin 37061
- Durham 37063
- Forsyth 37067
- Gaston 37071
- Greene 37079
- Guilford 37081
- Haywood 37087
- Hoke 37093
- Iredell 37097
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Orange 37135
- Person 37145
- Pitt 37147
- Richmond 37153
- Rowan 37159
- Scotland 37165
- Swain 37173
- Union 37179
- Wake 37183
Ohio view state ↗ 8 I ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 18 I ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 25 I ▾
- Abbeville 45001
- Bamberg 45009
- Barnwell 45011
- Beaufort 45013
- Calhoun 45017
- Charleston 45019
- Cherokee 45021
- Chester 45023
- Colleton 45029
- Darlington 45031
- Dorchester 45035
- Fairfield 45039
- Georgetown 45043
- Greenville 45045
- Greenwood 45047
- Hampton 45049
- Jasper 45053
- Lexington 45063
- Newberry 45071
- Oconee 45073
- Orangeburg 45075
- Spartanburg 45083
- Union 45087
- Williamsburg 45089
- York 45091
Tennessee view state ↗ 34 I ▾
- Anderson 47001
- Benton 47005
- Blount 47009
- Carter 47019
- Claiborne 47025
- Coffee 47031
- Davidson 47037
- Dickson 47043
- Fayette 47047
- Gibson 47053
- Giles 47055
- Greene 47059
- Hancock 47067
- Hardin 47071
- Haywood 47075
- Jackson 47087
- Knox 47093
- Lauderdale 47097
- Lincoln 47103
- Madison 47113
- Marion 47115
- Marshall 47117
- McNairy 47109
- Montgomery 47125
- Rutherford 47149
- Sevier 47155
- Shelby 47157
- Stewart 47161
- Sumner 47165
- Tipton 47167
- Van Buren 47175
- Washington 47179
- Wayne 47181
- Williamson 47187
Texas view state ↗ 18 I ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 68 I ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amherst 51009
- Appomattox 51011
- Arlington 51013
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Botetourt 51023
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Charles City 51036
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Clarke 51043
- Cumberland 51049
- Dickenson 51051
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Frederick 51069
- Giles 51071
- Gloucester 51073
- Grayson 51077
- Halifax 51083
- Henrico 51087
- Henry 51089
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King George 51099
- King William 51101
- Lancaster 51103
- Lee 51105
- Loudoun 51107
- Louisa 51109
- Lunenburg 51111
- Mathews 51115
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Northumberland 51133
- Nottoway 51135
- Page 51139
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Prince William 51153
- Pulaski 51155
- Rockingham 51165
- Russell 51167
- Scott 51169
- Smyth 51173
- Southampton 51175
- Stafford 51179
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Washington 51191
- Wise 51195
- Wythe 51197
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/PUMO ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2977636 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
fetched 2026-05-26T20:46:58Z