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General Information | |
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Symbol: | EICR |
Group: | Monocot |
Family: | Pontederiaceae |
Duration: |
Perennial |
Growth Habit: |
Forb/herb |
Native Status: |
CAN W HI I L48 I PB I PR I VI I |
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Synonyms
Symbol | Scientific Name |
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EISP | Eichhornia speciosa Kunth |
PICR2 | Piaropus crassipes (Mart.) Raf. |
Classification
Rank | Scientific Name and Common Name |
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Kingdom | Plantae – Plants |
Subkingdom | Tracheobionta – Vascular plants |
Superdivision | Spermatophyta – Seed plants |
Division | Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants |
Class | Liliopsida – Monocotyledons |
Subclass | Liliidae |
Order | Liliales |
Family | Pontederiaceae – Water-Hyacinth family |
Genus | Eichhornia Kunth – water hyacinth |
Species | Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms – common water hyacinth |
Subordinate Taxa
Legal Status
Noxious Weed Information | |
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This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete noxious weed list for that location, or click here for a composite list of all Federal and State Noxious Weeds. | |
Alabama
floating waterhyacinth
Class C noxious weed
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Arizona
floating water hyacinth
Prohibited noxious weed
floating water hyacinth
Regulated noxious weeds
floating water hyacinth
Restricted noxious weed
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California
waterhyacinth
C list (noxious weeds)
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Connecticut
common water-hyacinth
Potentially invasive, not banned
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Florida | |
South Carolina
water hyacinth
Invasive aquatic plant
waterhyacinth
Plant pest
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Texas
waterhyacinth
Noxious plant
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U.S. Weed Information | |
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Eichhornia crassipes
floating water hyacinth
jacinthe d'eau
jacinto de agua
lirio acuatico
mbekambekairanga
water hyacinth
This plant and the related entity italicized and indented above can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below.This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of
Weeds of the U.S.
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STATE | Assorted authors. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments. |
Cal-IPC | California Invasive Plant Council. 2006. California Invasive Plant Inventory. Cal-IPC Publication 2006-02 (1 February 2007). California Invasive Plant Council. Berkeley, California. |
FLEPPC | Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council. 1999. Invasive plant list. Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council. Florida. |
SWSS | Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois. |
Wetland Status
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Wildlife
Food
Source | Large Mammals | Small Mammals | Water Birds | Terrestrial Birds |
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Cover
Source | Large Mammals | Small Mammals | Water Birds | Terrestrial Birds |
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Description of Values
Value Class | Food | Cover |
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