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Center For Aquatic And Invasive Plants
Center For Aquatic And Invasive Plants
plants.ifas.ufl.edu
Why Manage Plants
Floridas Most Invasive Plants
Aquatic Soda Apple
Aquatic soda apple
Quick Facts
Scientific name:
Solanum tampicense
Origin:
Belize, Mexico, and West Indies
Introduction:
1970s, natural colonization
Aquatic community:
Emergent
Habitat:
Shorelines, wet soils
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