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Noxious Weeds Program
USDA. APHIS. Plant Protection and Quarantine.

Includes species listed as a Federal Noxious Weed under the Plant Protection Act, which makes it illegal in the U.S. to import or transport between States without a permit.

NSW WeedWise: Salvinia
New South Wales Department of Primary Industries (Australia).
Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER) - Salvinia molesta
USDA. FS. Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry.
Pest Tracker - Survey Status of Giant Salvinia; Karibaweed
USDA. APHIS. Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey. National Agricultural Pest Information System.
Plant Profile: Salvinia molesta

University of Florida. IFAS. Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants.

PLANTS Database - Kariba-weed
USDA. NRCS. National Plant Data Center.
Plantwise Technical Factsheet - Kariba weed (Salvinia molesta)
CABI. Plantwise Knowledge Bank.
Species of Concern Fact Sheet: Giant Salvinia
Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force.
Stop Giant Salvinia: Clean, Drain, Dry

TexasInvasives.org.

Texas Invasives Database - Salvinia molesta
TexasInvasives.org.
The Quiet Invasion: A Guide to Invasive Species of the Galveston Bay Area - Giant Salvinia, Kariba Weed; Common Salvinia, Water Spangles

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Galveston Bay Estuary Program; Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC).

U.S. National Plant Germplasm System - Salvinia molesta

USDA. ARS. National Genetic Resources Program. GRIN-Global.

Weed Alerts: Giant Salvinia
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
Weed Control in Natural Areas in the Western United States: Giant Salvinia (2013) (PDF | 194 KB)
University of California. Weed Research and Information Center.
See also: Weeds in Natural Areas for more information sheets
Weeds Australia - Salvinia (Salvinia molesta)

Centre for Invasive Species Solutions; Atlas of Living Australia; Australian Government. Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment.

YouTube - Fear No Weevil: Taking on the World’s Worst Weed

Google. YouTube; Great Big Story.

YouTube - Giant Salvinia at Caddo Lake

Google. YouTube; Greater Caddo Lake Association (Texas).