...however, it has small and highly invasive undergound root systems(rhizomes) that are used to eking out a survival in volcanic Japan(China and Korea too), so it will extend these many metres horizontally and vertically. Disturbing the earth ensures a burst from dormancy into full growth, as seems to be the case in this image.
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