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Egeria densa Planch.
Brazilian waterweed

       
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Synonyms:
Egeria densa Planch.

  ANDE8 Anacharis densa (Planch.) Victorin
  ELDE3 Elodea densa (Planch.) Caspary
  PHDE5 Philotria densa (Planch.) Small & H. St. John
 

Distribution:
Egeria densa Planch.

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, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, HI, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MO, MS, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WV), USA+ (PR), CAN (BC)
 

Related Taxa:
Egeria densa Planch.

View 14 genera in Hydrocharitaceae, 1 species in Egeria
 

Classification:
Egeria densa Planch.

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 Egeria Planch. – egeria
Species Egeria densa Planch. – Brazilian waterweed
 

Noxious Weed Information:
Egeria densa Planch.

This plant and synonyms 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.

Alabama:
Brazilian elodea              Class C noxious weed
Connecticut:
Brazilian water-weed              Potentially invasive, banned
Maine:
Brazilian elodea              Invasive aquatic plant
Massachusetts:
Brazilian waterweed, Brazilian eloda              Prohibited
Oregon:
Elodea densa
South American waterweed, elodea              "B" designated weed
South American waterweed, elodea              Quarantine
South Carolina:
Brazilian elodea              Invasive aquatic plant
Brazilian elodea              Plant pest
Vermont:
Brazilian elodea              Class A noxious weed
Washington:
Brazilian elodea              Class B noxious weed
Brazilian elodea              Wetland and aquatic weed quarantine
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Egeria densa Planch.

Brazilian e
South American waterweed
State
Elodea densa
South American waterweed

This plant and the related entities and synonyms 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.

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.
HEAR        USDI, Geological Survey. 1999. Information index for selected alien plants in Hawaii (20 October 2003). Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk Project, Biological Resources Division, Haleakala Field Station. Makawao, Hawaii.
NE&GP        Stubbendieck, J., G.Y. Friisoe, & M.R. Bolick. 1994. Weeds of Nebraska and the Great Plains. Nebraska Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Lincoln, Nebraska. 589pp.
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.
WI        Hoffman, R. & K. Kearns (eds.). 1997. Wisconsin manual of control recommendations for ecologically invasive plants. Wisconsin Dept. Natural Resources. Madison, Wisconsin. 102pp.
WSWS        Whitson, T.D. (ed.) et al. 1996. Weeds of the West. Western Society of Weed Science in cooperation with Cooperative Extension Services, University of Wyoming. Laramie, Wyoming. 630pp.
 

Introduced Information:
Egeria densa Planch.

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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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:
Egeria densa Planch.

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 OBL OBL NI NO OBL OBL OBL NO OBL OBL NO NO OBL
Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status
 

More Accounts and Images:
Egeria densa Planch.

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 38972.

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:
Egeria densa Planch.

CA-California Encycloweedia

CA-Invasive Plants of the San Francisco Bay

CT-Invasive Plant Atlas of New England

CT-Invasive Plant Species Identification Sheets (USDA NRCS)

FL-University of Florida Center for Aquatic

NC-Aquatic Weed Fact Sheet (NCSU)

OR-Portland State University

TX-Submerged Plants (TAES)

VA-Virginia Tech Weed Identification Guide

VT-Invasive Exotic Plant Fact Sheet

WA-King County Natural Resources

WA-NonNative Freshwater Plants

Western Aquatic Plant Management Society

 
 
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