Plant Information

The primary targeted species for the Demonstration Project are hydrilla and hygrophila. There are other invasive plants that have been targeted and are listed below.

Hydrilla verticillata hydrilla
Hydrilla verticillata

Eichhornia crassipes water hyacinth
Eichhornia crassipes

Pistia stratiotes water lettuce
Pistia stratiotes

Alternanthera philoxeroides alligator weed
Alternanthera philoxeroides

parrot featherparrot feather
Myriophyllum aquaticum

Hygrophila polysperma East Indian hygrophila
Hygrophila polysperma

torpedo grasstorpedo grass
Panicum repens

para grasspara grass
Urochloa mutica

wild tarowild taro
Colocasia esculenta

Read an overview of the Demonstration Project which aims to find new ways to manage the invasive plants listed above.