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Hydrilla verticillata (L. f.) Royle
waterthyme

       
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Photo of Hydrilla verticillata (L. f.) Royle
Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. Cote d'Ivoire. Usage Requirements.
 
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Distribution:
Hydrilla verticillata (L. f.) Royle

View Native Status
Distribution Map Legend

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:

USA (AL, AZ, CA, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, LA, MD, ME, MS, NC, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WA)
 

Related Taxa:
Hydrilla verticillata (L. f.) Royle

View 14 genera in Hydrocharitaceae, 1 species in Hydrilla
 

Classification:
Hydrilla verticillata (L. f.) Royle

Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the PLANTS Classification Report.
   
Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass Alismatidae
Order Hydrocharitales
Family Hydrocharitaceae – Tape-grass family
Genus Hydrilla Rich. – hydrilla
Species Hydrilla verticillata (L. f.) Royle – waterthyme
 

Noxious Weed Information:
Hydrilla verticillata (L. f.) Royle

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete noxious weed list for that location, or click here for a composite list of all Federal and State Noxious Weeds.

United States:
hydrilla              Noxious weed
Alabama:
hydrilla              Class A noxious weed
Arizona:
hydrilla, Florida-elodea              Prohibited noxious weed
California:
hydrilla              A list (noxious weeds)
hydrilla              Noxious aquatic weed
hydrilla              Quarantine
Colorado:
hydrilla              A list (noxious weeds)
Connecticut:
hydrilla              Invasive, banned
Florida:
hydrilla, Florida elodea              Prohibited aquatic plant, Class 1
Maine:
hydrilla              Invasive aquatic plant
Massachusetts:
hydrilla              Prohibited
Mississippi:
hydrilla              Noxious weed
Nevada:
hydrilla              Noxious weed
New Mexico:
hydrilla              Class A noxious weed
North Carolina:
waterthyme              Class A noxious weed
Oregon:
hydrilla              "A" designated weed
hydrilla              Quarantine
South Carolina:
hydrilla              Invasive aquatic plant
hydrilla              Plant pest
Texas:
hydrilla              Noxious plant
Vermont:
hydrilla              Class A noxious weed
Washington:
hydrilla              Class A noxious weed
hydrilla              Wetland and aquatic weed quarantine
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Hydrilla verticillata (L. f.) Royle

Florida elodea
hydrilla
water thyme

This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

US        Plant Protection and Quarantine. 2006. Federal noxious weed list (24 May 2006). USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. Washington, DC. 2pp.
STATE        Assorted authors. 200_. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
Cal-IPC        California Invasive Plant Council. 2006. California Invasive Plant Inventory. Cal-IPC Publication 2006-02 (February 2007). California Invasive Plant Council. Berkeley, California.
FLEPPC        Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council. 1999. Invasive plant list (19 October 1999). Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council. Florida.
SEEPPC        Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council. 1996. Invasive exotic pest plants in Tennessee (19 October 1999). Research Committee of the Tennessee Exotic Pest Plant Council. Tennessee.
 

Introduced Information:
Hydrilla verticillata (L. f.) Royle

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

Scientific Name= A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | all
Common Name= A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | all
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Hydrilla verticillata (L. f.) Royle

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
OBL NO OBL NO NO NO OBL NO NO NO NO NO NO OBL
Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status
 

More Accounts and Images:
Hydrilla verticillata (L. f.) Royle

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 38974.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

 

Related Web Sites:
Hydrilla verticillata (L. f.) Royle

ABI-America's Least Wanted

Aquatic, Wetland and Invasive Plant Info. System: abstract & image

Aquatic, Wetland and Invasive Plant Info. System: abstract & image

CT-Invasive Plant Atlas of New England

CT-Invasive Plant Species Identification Sheets (USDA NRCS)

Cooperative Agriculture Pest Survey & NAPIS Page

FL-Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council

Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk: Plant Threats to Pacific Ecosystems

NC-Aquatic Weed Fact Sheet (NCSU)

TNC Weeds on the Web

TX-Biological Control of Weeds in Texas (TAMU)

TX-Submerged Plants (TAES)

VA-Invasive Alien Plant Species of Virginia

WA-King County Noxious Weeds

WA-NonNative Freshwater Plants

Western Aquatic Plant Management Society

 
 
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