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Salvinia molesta Mitchell
kariba-weed

       
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Images:
Salvinia molesta Mitchell

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Distribution:
Salvinia molesta Mitchell

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Distribution Map Legend

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

USA (AL, AZ, CA, FL, GA, HI, LA, MS, NC, SC, TX)
 

Related Taxa:
Salvinia molesta Mitchell

View 1 genera in Salviniaceae, 6 species in Salvinia
 

Classification:
Salvinia molesta Mitchell

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Division Pteridophyta – Ferns
Class Filicopsida
Order Hydropteridales
Family Salviniaceae – Floating Fern family
Genus Salvinia Ség. – watermoss
Species Salvinia molesta Mitchell – kariba-weed
 

Noxious Weed Information:
Salvinia molesta Mitchell

This plant and the related entities italicized and indented below are 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:
giant salvinia              Noxious weed
Alabama:
giant salvinia              Class A noxious weed
Arizona:
giant salvinia              Prohibited noxious weed
giant salvinia              Regulated noxious weeds
California:
giant salvinia              Quarantine
Colorado:
giant salvinia              A list (noxious weeds)
Connecticut:
giant salvinia              Potentially invasive, banned
Florida:
Salvinia
             Prohibited aquatic plant, Class 11
Massachusetts:
giant salvinia              Prohibited
Mississippi:
giant salvinia              Noxious weed
Nevada:
giant salvinia              Noxious weed
North Carolina:
Salvinia
water fern              Class A noxious weed2
Oregon:
giant salvinia              Quarantine
South Carolina:
giant salvinia              Invasive aquatic plant
giant salvinia              Plant pest
Texas:
Salvinia
salvinia              Noxious plant
Vermont:
giant salvinia              Class A noxious weed
 
1 excluding S. minima
2 all except S. minima
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Salvinia molesta Mitchell

African payal
giant salvinia
kariba weed
salvinia
water fern
Salvinia
salvinia

This plant and the related entity italicized and indented above 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.
 

Introduced Information:
Salvinia molesta Mitchell

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.

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More Accounts and Images:
Salvinia molesta Mitchell

View photographs from CalPhotos.

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 181823.

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

 

Related Web Sites:
Salvinia molesta Mitchell

APHIS-Pest Alert

AZ-Department of Agriculture Invasive Alien Species

AZ-University of Arizona Giant Salvinia

Australia Northern Territories AgNote

Australia-Queensland-NRM Facts

Australia-Victoria--State Prohibited Weed

Biology of Salvinia

FL-University of Florida Invasive Plant Alert

HI-Alien Ferns in Hawaii

Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk: Plant Threats to Pacific Ecosystems

Interagency Status Report and Action Plan

Invasive Plant Atlas of New England

LA & TX-Toledo Bend BiState Alliance (line drawing)

NAPIS Giant Salvinia Page (APHIS)

NC-Aquatic Weed Fact Sheet

NC-Aquatic Weed Fact Sheet (NCSU)

NC-Giant Salvinia Invades North Carolina

New Zealand Environment Bay of Plenty: abstract & images

North Carolina Agriculture and Consumer Services

Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk

Salvinia Control (USGS)

Serious aquatic weeds of Western Australia: large photographs

Southern Division of the American Fisheries Society

TX-Aquaplant-Floating Plants (TAES)

TX-Biological Control of Weeds

TX-Biological Control of Weeds in Texas (TAMU)

The Nature Conservancy: Wildland Weeds Management & Research Program

USDA ARS Agricultural Research Magazine

USDA ARS National Agricultural Library Salvinia Abstract

USDI GS BRD-Nonindigenous Aquatic Ferns of the United States

USGS/BRD/Florida Caribbean Science Center: Giant salvinia

Western Aquatic Plant Management Society

Western Aquatic Plant Management Society

 
 
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