Resources
- Biological Control of Invasive Plants in the Eastern United States - USDA Forest Service
- Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council Invasive Plant Manual - SE-EPPC
- Element Stewardship Abstract - The Nature Conservancy
- Identification and Biology of Non-Native Plants in Florida's Natural Areas - University of Florida
- Invasive Plant Atlas of New England - University of Connecticut
- Global Invasive Species Database - Invasive Species Specialist Group
Selected Images
 1391152 waterhyacinth Eichhornia crassipes Infestation John D. Byrd |
 2132008 waterhyacinth Eichhornia crassipes Infestation Chris Evans |
 2132054 waterhyacinth Eichhornia crassipes Flower(s) Wilfredo Robles |
 2152079 waterhyacinth Eichhornia crassipes Flower(s) Wendy VanDyk Evans |
 5162094 waterhyacinth Eichhornia crassipes Infestation Forest & Kim Starr |
 5162095 waterhyacinth Eichhornia crassipes Plant(s) Forest & Kim Starr |
 5212026 waterhyacinth Eichhornia crassipes Plant(s) Katherine Parys |
 5271035 waterhyacinth Eichhornia crassipes Foliage Leslie J. Mehrhoff |
 5271038 waterhyacinth Eichhornia crassipes Feature(s) Leslie J. Mehrhoff |
 5275029 waterhyacinth Eichhornia crassipes Management Tony Pernas |
 5307035 waterhyacinth Eichhornia crassipes Seed(s) Steve Hurst |
 5344034 waterhyacinth Eichhornia crassipes Infestation Karen Brown |
Maps
EDDMapS Distribution - This map is incomplete and is based only on current site and county level reports made by experts, herbaria, and literature. For more information, visit www.eddmaps.org
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State Regulated List - This map identifies those states that list this species on their regulated list. For more information, visit Invasive.org
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Most Troublesome / Most Common Agricultural Weed List
This map identifies those states that consider this species either most troublesome or most common in at least one commodity. For more information, visit the MTMC project page.
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| No Data for this state | |
| Troublesome or Common weed in one or more crops | |
Invasive Listing Sources
- Alabama Invasive Plant Council
- Alabama Noxious Weeds - Class C Noxious Weed
- Alachua County Cogongrass Initiative
- Apalachicola Invasive Working Group
- Arizona Noxious Weeds
- Arkansas Noxious Weeds - Noxious/Prohibited
- California Invasive Plant Council
- California Noxious Weeds
- Connecticut Invasive Plant List
- Delaware Natural Resources and Environmental Control, 2004
- East Central Florida CISMA
- EDDMapS Ontario
- Faith Campbell, 1998
- Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council - Category I
- Georgia Exotic Pest Plant Council - Category 1
- Gulf of Mexico Regional Panel, Aquatic Nuisance Species Annual Report, 2001
- John Randall, The Nature Conservancy, Survey of TNC Preserves, 1995.
- Mid-Atlantic Exotic Pest Plant Council, 2005
- Native Plant Society of Oregon, 2008
- Nonnative Invasive Species in Southern Forest and Grassland Ecosystems
- South Carolina Noxious Weeds
- Texas Noxious Weeds
- Treasure Coast Cooperative Invasive Species Mgmt. Area - EARLY DRAFT
- WeedUS - Database of Plants Invading Natural Areas in the United States
Taxonomic Rank
| Kingdom: Plantae |
| Phylum: Magnoliophyta |
| Class: Liliopsida |
| Subclass: Liliidae |
| Order: Liliales |
| Family: Pontederiaceae |
| Genus: Eichhornia |
Other System Links
Plants: EICRBayer: EICCR
GRIN: 318848
ITIS: 42623
NPDN Pest: PECABBA
NPDN Host: 31827
Synonyms and Other Names
Other Common Names:
floating water hyacinth
Related Scientific Names:
| Eichhornia speciosa (Mart.) Solms | (Synonym) |
| Piaropus crassipes (Mart.) Solms | (Synonym) |
| Common Name Reference: | USDA, NRCS. 2010. The PLANTS Database. National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA, USA. |
| Scientific Name Reference: | USDA, NRCS. 2010. The PLANTS Database. National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA, USA. |
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