
Distribution / Maps / Survey Status
Images
Videos
Google. YouTube; University of Florida. IFAS. Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants.
Selected Resources
The section below contains highly relevant resources for this species, organized by source. Or, to display all related content view all resources for Water Hyacinth.
Council or Task Force
California Invasive Plant Council.
Partnership
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Galveston Bay Estuary Program; Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC).
Centre for Invasive Species Solutions; Atlas of Living Australia; Australian Government. Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment.
Federal Government
USDA. ARS. National Genetic Resources Program. GRIN-Global.
International Government
State and Local Government
Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management. Office of Water Resources.
See also: Aquatic Invasive Plants for species of concern
Academic
University of Florida. IFAS. Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants.
Citations
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Eichhornia crassipes. [Accessed Sep 10, 2014].
- Toft, J.D., C.A Simenstad, J.R. Cordell, and L.F. Grimaldo. 2003. The effects of introduced water hyacinth on habitat structure, invertebrate assemblages, and fish diets. Estuaries 26(3):746-758.
- Zhang, Y., D. Zhang, and S.C. Barrett. 2010. Genetic uniformity characterizes the invasive spread of water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes), a clonal aquatic plant. Molecular Ecology 19(9):1774-1786.