Giant Salvinia | National Invasive Species Information Center
This weed, called giant salvinia, is an exotic fern from South America that invades ponds, lakes, and other waterways in the United States. It damages aquatic ecosystems by outgrowing and …
Giant Salvinia - Texas Parks & Wildlife Department
Giant salvinia (Salvinia molesta), a floating fern from southern Brazil, is currently one of the most problematic aquatic plants in Texas. It damages aquatic ecosystems by outgrowing and …
Salvinia molesta - Wikipedia
Salvinia molesta, commonly known as giant salvinia, or as kariba weed after it infested a large portion of Lake Kariba between Zimbabwe and Zambia, is an aquatic fern, native to south …
giant salvinia (Salvinia molesta) - Species Profile
Noxious: This species is listed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture as a noxious weed. Identification: Free floating, aquatic fern. Consists of horizontal stems that float just below the …
Giant Salvinia - LSU AgCenter
Giant salvinia, Salvinia molesta D. S. Mitchell (Salviniaceae), is an invasive free-floating fern native to southeastern Brazil that has plagued waterways of tropical and subtropical regions of …
Giant Salvinia - FWC
Giant salvinia (S alvinia molesta) is currently invading waterbodies in the Southeastern U.S. and has the potential to rapidly invade and infest Florida’s ponds, lakes, and rivers. It has already …
According to GISD (2018) Salvinia molesta has been nominated as among 100 of the "World's Worst" invaders. “Plants...up to 30 cm long, 5 cm wide, mat-forming, mat to 2.5 cm thick (or …
Giant Salvinia - U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
giant salvinia. eared watermoss. Kingdom. Plantae. Location in Taxonomic Tree . Genus. Salvinia. Species. Salvinia auriculata. Identification Numbers. TSN: 18013. Geography. …
Giant Salvinia | FWC - Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
Giant salvinia is an aquatic fern prohibited in the United States by Federal law. Oblong floating leaves, 1/2 to 1 1/2 inches long. Young plants have smaller leaves that lie flat on the water …
Giant salvinia. 1. Floating leaves are densely covered in eggbeater-shaped hairs and are green. 2. Free floating aquatic plant with potentially long submersed leaves that appear like roots. …