In 1776, Chinese tallow is believed to have arrived in the US; once eyed for a soap industry, it now infests over 234,000 acres in southeast Texas
Chinese tallow came to the US centuries ago and was promoted as a soap crop. Today it infests over 234,000 acres in southeast Texas and is hard to remove.
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