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** ''TabletopGame/{{Spelljammer}}'': Infinity vine is a leafless plant that, in light and air, will very quickly multiply its mass until it covers everything in a 10'-thick-layer (there's not enough light beyond this). Of course, if the vines are covering a ship and the extra mass is more than its power source can pull, it's stuck for good. The vine is easily destroyed, but regrows almost instantly, and is immune to all diseases and poisons. Due to this magical metabolism it vanishes just as fast on planets and instantly dries up in the Flow -- which is the only reason why the whole Prime Material Plane isn't buried under 10 feet of green ropes.

* The ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' magic mod "Thaumcraft" has a magical kudzu called Taint. Not only is it quick-spreading and hard to kill, it can and will parasitize mobs and aura nodes (magic sources), causing them to turn hostile and spread the Taint.

* ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'', has the Sculk located within the Deep Dark, which can at best be described as a sort of glowing, eldritch moss that spreads by absorbing the lifeforce of creatures that die on top of it. Oddly, it's not dangerous on its own, and in fact 'player grown' Sculk is entirely harmless...what is dangerous is the extremely powerful [[HumanoidAbomination Warden]] that spawns within the Deep Dark. The Sculk-covered Ancient Cities and their large portal structure also imply that the Sculk is not native of the Overworld and was brought there from another dimension.

*** Razorvine, which mostly on [[{{Hell}} Lower Planes]] but eagerly acclimatizes anywhere. Its stem is a living razor wire, growing twisted and under tension and thus lashing around if cut. Some try to use it as a security measure, but it's a virulent weed and hard to eradicate. In some places any sod barmy enough to bring in and plant cuttings can be summarily executed.
*** Egarus is a fungus from Abyss which was accidentally introduced on a Prime world, and after discovering that it grows everywhere and that they can't kill it the natives kick it out to the Quasiplane of Vacuum... and it survives ''[[BeyondTheImpossible there]]''. Egarus quietly destroys (as in, "disintegrates") all sorts of stuff around when it can find anything.

** ''TabletopGame/{{Spelljammer}}'': Infinity vine is a leafless plant that very quickly multiplies its mass until it covers everything that got light and air with 10' thick layer (there's not enough light beyond this). Of course, if it's a ship and the extra mass is more than its power source can pull, it's stuck for good. The vine is easily destroyed, but regrows, and is immune to all diseases and poisons. Due to this magical metabolism it vanishes just as fast on planets and instantly dries up in the Flow -- the only reason why the whole Prime Material Plane isn't buried under 10 feet of green ropes.

* The [[MinovskyParticles eponymous substance]] in the ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerTiberianSeries'' serves to consolidate minerals and bring them to the surface in the form of green crystals that can be easily harvested and converted into whatever materials are needed. Unfortunately, Tiberium is highly toxic, and causes either death or mutation to all carbon-based life form afflicted by it, with almost no way to stop its spread. It was originally sent to Earth by the alien Scrin with the intent of [[PlanetLooters looting the planet of its minerals after the Tiberium had killed the planet's original life]], but [[UnitedNationsIsASuperPower GDI]] and the [[NGOSuperpower Brotherhood of Nod]] proved to be much tougher than they could've anticipated.

** Season Three introduces a lithophage known as the Rockpox, which as its name suggests is an infection of the rock itself. A passing comet is showering Hoxxess IV with chunks of contagion, which might land during normal missions and require calling in rock-breaking equipment to crack into the meteorite and recover the Plague Hearts within. If allowed to take root, those Plague Hearts will develop into Contagion Spikes that cover the surrounding terrain with a carpet of reddish-brown MeatMoss studded with spikes and yellow pustules, which can infect the local Glyphids into {{Parasite Zombie}}s or even grow over and entangle any dwarf who lingers too long on the biomass. Dealing with these infected areas involves calling in a pod of cleaning equipment to decontaminate the area, but even when cleared, the Rockpox leaves a [[EvilTaintedThePlace dark scar]] on the terrain. Making things worse is that the Rockpox is showing [[ItCanThink signs of intelligence]], such as how the meteors falling to the planet seem to be deliberately targeting uninfected areas to spread the lithophage faster.

* The [[MinovskyParticle eponymous substance]] in the ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerTiberianSeries'' serves to consolidate minerals and bring them to the surface in the form of green crystals that can be easily harvested and converted into whatever materials are needed. Unfortunately, Tiberium is highly toxic, and causes either death or mutation to all carbon-based life form afflicted by it, with almost no way to stop its spread. It was originally sent to Earth by the alien Scrin with the intent of [[PlanetLooters looting the planet of its minerals after the Tiberium had killed the planet's original life]], but [[UnitedNationsIsASuperPower GDI]] and the [[NGOSuperpower Brotherhood of Nod]] proved to be much tougher than they could've anticipated.

* One of the disasters in ''VideoGame/SimPark'' is literally kudzu. Another one is Alien Invasion, which acts as an alien kudzu.

* In ''VideoGame/SpaceStation13'' "Space Kudzu" is a plant that spreads rapidly throughout the station and can only be destroyed by fire or suitable cutting implements. Fully grown Kudzu prevents anything from passing through the block that it is on. Not deadly in itself, but it's great at distracting the crew from looking out for assassinations and bombings.
* ''VideoGame/StarControl 2'' mentions "Deep Children", modified Mycon used to terraform. They rapidly grow into the lower part of a planet's crust and provoke tectonic activity, making the planet a FireAndBrimstoneHell comfortable for Mycon but not the original species of the Mycon's preferred targets -- organic-rich water-based worlds.
* The creep in ''VideoGame/{{Starcraft}}'', which is probably supposed to represent this (although in-game it really only affects zerg base-building). In this case, the creep is not exactly an alien plant, but rather part of the BizarreAlienBiology that makes up the zerg. It's closer to being ''zerg blood vessels'' than an alien plant.
* The sequel, ''VideoGame/StarcraftII'', slightly alters the way in which creep spreads, making it considerably more invasive. Though the idea was scrapped for balance purposes, creep was even originally supposed to damage non-zerg buildings over time. It remains impossible for either of the other races to build on creep, though, making this trope in full effect.

* The Croach in the ''Literature/CodexAlera''. It quickly spreads to cover all territory that [[HordeOfAlienLocusts the Vord]] overrun, coating the ground, trees and buildings alike in a thick layer of green, glossy wax. Air pockets within the surface recreate the ideal Vord atmosphere, and any natural life that gets caught in the Croach is gradually broken down into nutrients for the Vord creatures to sustain their biomass. There are specialized creatures that spread it, much like the red plants in ''Literature/TheWarOfTheWorlds''.

* In ''VideoGame/WarMetal'', the Blight which is just like the vines in ''Literature/TheWarOfTheWorlds'', and it mutates any life forms it touches into Bloodthirsty.

* When the Prethoryn invade and infest a planet in ''VideoGame/{{Stellaris}}'', it basically becomes this.

* ''WebOriginal/OrionsArm'': One way to terraform planets is to release plants like this on the surface where they will progressively alter the environment to suit human life.

* During the [[GrandFinale Grand Finale]] of ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'', [[spoilerLEmperor Belos fuses with the Titan's heart]], this causes the Boiling Isles to quickly get covered in hideous amount of green mold that kills anything it touches.

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* Undead Blight in ''VideoGame/WarcraftIII'' acts similar to ''Starcraft''[='=]s creep, though there are differences- blight does not recede when its source is destroyed and can be dispelled by building structures of other races on or near blight.

* In ''Series/StargateSG1'' "Zero Hour", the base is infested with an alien plant that rapidly grows throughout the base. The effect is more obnoxious than dangerous, the point being to show the kind of nonsense O'Neill will have to deal with on a daily base as the new base commander. The solution to the problem, however, inadvertently exposes another plan to trick Earth into blowing itself up.
* In ''Series/StargateAtlantis'', the base gets seeded with the material of the organic ships used by the Wraith, and Wraith ship material begins to overrun the city. Worse, it was actually growing from ''inside'' one of the main cast. (She gets better, and more importantly, [[spoiler: so does Carson, finally.]])