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INHS Reports, March 2016: Water Hyacinth: "The World's Worst Aquatic Weed"

Vonbank, Jay Casper, Andy Hagy, Heath Yetter, Aaron

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Title
INHS Reports, March 2016: Water Hyacinth: "The World's Worst Aquatic Weed"
Author(s)
Vonbank, Jay Casper, Andy Hagy, Heath Yetter, Aaron
Issue Date
2016-03
Keyword(s)
  • Hyacinth
  • invasive
  • flood-plains
Geographic Coverage
  • Southern United States
  • Illinois
Abstract
Water hyacinth is an invasive, free-floating perennial aquatic plant from South America that has become prolific throughout the southern United States and many countries worldwide. Water hyacinth forms dense, free-floating or rooted aggregations of plants, typically called beds, and is capable of vegetative reproduction as well as producing up to 6,000 seeds per flower.
Publisher
Illinois Natural History Survey
Series/Report Name or Number
INHS Reports no. 414 (03)
Type of Resource
text
Language
en
Handle URL
https://hdl.handle.net/2142/114524
Sponsor(s)/Grant Number(s)
Illinois Natural History Survey
Copyright and License Information
Copyright 2016, University of Illinois Board of Trustees.

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