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Salvinia biloba Raddi
giant salvinia

       
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Salvinia biloba Raddi

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Related Taxa:
Salvinia biloba Raddi

View 1 genera in Salviniaceae, 6 species in Salvinia
 

Classification:
Salvinia biloba Raddi

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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 biloba Raddi – giant salvinia
 

Noxious Weed Information:
Salvinia biloba Raddi

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
California:
giant salvinia              Quarantine
Florida:
Salvinia
             Prohibited aquatic plant, Class 11
Massachusetts:
giant salvinia              Prohibited
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 biloba Raddi

giant salvinia
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.
 

More Accounts and Images:
Salvinia biloba Raddi

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 566006.

 
 
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