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Water Hyacinth

Scientific Name

Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms (ITIS)

Common Name

Common water-hyacinth, floating water hyacinth

Native To

South America (Zhang et al. 2010)

Date of U.S. Introduction
Means of Introduction

Ornamental (Toft et al. 2003)

Impact

Forms dense colonies that block sunlight and crowd out native species (Toft et al. 2003)

Water hyacinth
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Water hyacinth, plants at Mara River

Credit

Photo by Ted D. Center; USDA, Agricultural Research Service

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