Audubon’s Everglades Science Center - Photographs
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Abstract
Water hyacinth growing in a drainage ditch.
Keywords
Environmental protection, Wildlife conservation, Hendry County (Fla.), Hyacinths, North and Central America, United States, Florida, Hendry, Clewiston
Description
1 online resource (1 photo: color)
Subject: Topical
Environmental protection; Wildlife conservation; Hendry County (Fla.); Hyacinths
Type
Image
Kingdom
Plantae
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Commelinales
Family
Pontederiaceae
Genus
Eihhornia Kunth
State
Florida
Species
Eichhornia crassipes
Continent
North and Central America
Country
United States
County
Hendry
City
Clewiston
Holding Location
University of South Florida
Identifier
A64-00868
Notes
Water hyacinth is an invasive, nonnative species that was introduced to Florida in the 1880s. In Florida, a plant population can double in size in as little as two weeks. Dated April 1966.
Keywords
Environmental protection, Wildlife conservation, Hendry County (Fla.), Hyacinths, North and Central America, United States, Florida, Hendry, Clewiston