
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
Article
Holding Location
University of South Florida USF
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