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African Elodea (Lagarosiphon major) Ecological Risk Screening Summary (Sep 2018) (PDF | 843 KB)

DOI. Fish and Wildlife Service.

See also: Ecological Risk Screening Summaries for more species summaries

African Elodea (Lagarosiphon major): A Technical Review of Distribution, Ecology, Impacts,and Management (May 2009) (PDF | 441 KB)

Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.

Global Invasive Species Database - Lagarosiphon major (aquatic plant)

IUCN. Species Survival Commission. Invasive Species Specialist Group.

Google Images - Oxygen weed

Google.

Invasive Plants: Prohibited Invasive Plants - Lagarosiphon

Business Queensland (Australia).

Invasive Species Compendium - Lagarosiphon major

CAB International.

Invasive.org - Oxygen Weed

University of Georgia. Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health.

Michigan Invasive Species - African Oxygen Weed

Michigan.gov.

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.

Plant Profile: Lagarosiphon major

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

Weed Control in Natural Areas in the Western United States: Oxygenweed (2013) (PDF | 195 KB)

University of California. Weed Research and Information Center.

See also: Weeds in Natural Areas for more information sheets

Weeds Australia - Lagarosiphon (Lagarosiphon major)

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

YouTube - Impact of Non-Native Species in Irish Water Bodies

Google. YouTube; RTÉ Ireland. Eco Eye.

This beautiful episode opens on Lough Corrib at sunrise. Anja sees first-hand the devastating and costly impacts of a new arrival to an existing ecosystem, Lagarosiphon Major a pond weed has taken hold in the waterbody. Part 1 of 4