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Brazilian Waterweed

Scientific Name

Egeria densa Planch. (ITIS)

Common Name

Brazilian waterweed, Brazilian elodea, dense waterweed, leafy elodea

Native To

South America (Cook and Urmi-König 1984)

Date of U.S. Introduction
Means of Introduction

Aquarium trade (Cook and Urmi-König 1984)

Impact

Crowds out native species (Yarrow et al. 2009)

Brazilian waterweed
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Brazillian waterweed

Credit

Virginia Tech Weed Identification Guide

Distribution / Maps / Survey Status

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Selected Resources

The section below contains highly relevant resources for this species, organized by source.

Council or Task Force
Partnership
Federal Government
International Government
State and Local Government
Academic
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