TABLE 4

Introduced Nonindigenous Aquatic Plants in Florida

Family	Scientific Name	Common Name	Status	Reference
Hydrocharitaceae	Hydrilla verticillata	hydrilla	E	Schmitz et al. 1993; Schmitz et al. 1991
Poaceae	Panicum repens	torpedo grass	E	Hodges & Jacobs 1981
Araceae	Pistia stratiotes	water lettuce	E	Sharma 1984; Dray et al. 1988
Amaranthaceae	Alternanthera philoxeroides	alligator weed	E	Zieger 1967; Coulson 1977
Salvinaceae	Salvinia minima	common salvinia	E	Long & Lakela 1976
Haloragaceae	Myriophyllum spicatum	Eurasian watermilfoil	E	Blackburn & Weldon 1967
Pontedariaceae	Eichhornia crassipes	water hyacinth	E	Schmitz et al. 1993
	Eichhornia azurea	anchored waterhyacinth	NT
Araceae	Colocasia esculenta	taro	E	Greenwell 1947
Poaceae	Brachiaria mutica	para-grass	E	Sainty & Jacobs 1981
Najadaceae	Najas minor	brittle naiad	E	Schmitz 1991
	Najas ancistrocarpa	water nymph	E	Godfrey & Wooten 1979; Schardt & Schmitz 1990
Hydrocharitaceae	Egeria densa	egeria	E	Cook & Uri-Konig 1984
Acanthaceae	Hygrophila polysperma	hygrophilla	E	Les & Wunderlin 1981
Haloragaceae	Myriophyllum aquaticum	parrotsfeather	E	Nelson & Couch 1985
Scrophulariaceae	Limnophila sessiliflora	limnophila	E	Mahler 1980
Ceratopteridaceae	Ceratopteris thalictroides	water sprite	E	Rataj & Horeman 1977
Poaceae	Pennisetum purpureum	napier grass	E
Brassicaceae	Nasturtium officinale	watercress	E	Rollins 1978
Convolvulaceae	Ipomoea aquatica	water spinach	E	Ochse 1951; Edie & Ho 1969
*Mytaceae	Melaleuca quinquenervia	melaleuca	E	Morton 1976; Ewel 1986
*Convolvulaceae	Casuarina spp.	Australian pine	E	Morton 1980
*	Mimosa pigra	catclaw mimosa	E	Hall 1985
*Hydrocharitacea	Schinus terebinthifolius	Brazilian pepper	E	Ewel 1978; Bennett & Habeck 1991

E=established, NT=not taken from wild
*=semi-aquatic
Major reference besides those listed above is Schardt and Schmitz 1990.