What does it look like?
Kiwifruit is a vigorous vine that is cultivated for its fruit. The entire plant is hairy. The leaves are oval, about 14cm across and have finely toothed margins. The leaf stem is reddish in colour. During October through to December kiwifruit produces white flowers that are up to about 6 cm across. They are followed by edible fruits that are brown, hairy, oval and up to 8cm long. They have green flesh and numerous black seeds. Wild kiwifruit vines can grow more than 20 m high into the forest canopy.
它看起來像什么？
獼猴桃是一種生命力旺盛的藤蔓植物，因其果實而被種植。整株植物都有毛。葉子呈橢圓形，直徑約14厘米，邊緣有細齒。葉柄呈淡紅色。從十月到十二月，獼猴桃會開出直徑約6厘米的白色花朵。其次是可食用的棕色、多毛、橢圓形、長達8厘米的水果。它們有綠色的肉和許多黑色的種子。野生獼猴桃藤蔓可以長到森林樹冠20多米高。
Why is it a problem?
Wilding kiwifruit can grow in a wide variety of habitats including scrub, gullies, young and old stands of native bush and pine plantations. Seedlings appear to be moderately shade tolerant and can establish in tree fall gaps within mature forest. It is also tolerant of a reasonably wide temperature range, although young shoots are frost sensitive.
為什么會有問題？
野生獼猴桃可以在各種各樣的棲息地生長，包括灌木叢、溝壑、原生灌木和松樹種植園的新舊林分。幼苗似乎具有適度的耐蔭性，可以在成熟森林中的樹木落差中生長。它也能耐受相當(dāng)寬的溫度范圍，盡管幼芽對霜凍敏感。
Wilding kiwifruit grow rapidly so they can out compete native seedlings and pine seedlings and form dense, heavy blankets of growth. The smothered plants beneath the kiwifruit vines are shaded and may break under the weight of the vines. Kiwifruit plants are also very long lived.
野生獼猴桃生長迅速，因此它們可以勝過當(dāng)?shù)氐挠酌绾退蓸溆酌?，形成茂密、厚重的生長毯。獼猴桃藤下的窒息植物被遮蔭，可能會在藤蔓的重量下折斷。獼猴桃植物的壽命也很長。
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