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Pontederia crassipes
Floating Water Hyacinth
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Photographer: E. Wynn Anderson
ID: 0000 0000 1115 0253 (2015-11-03)Copyright © 2015 Wynn Anderson
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date of photo Aug 13, 2010
latitude 25.95930 longitude 97.14750
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location
beach shoreline at mouth of the Rio Grande River, Boca Chica State Park, 3.4 miles south of end of TX hiway 4 (Boca Chica Buvd.) (Cameron County, Texas, US)family
Pontederiaceae
synonyms Eichhornia crassipes
plant community river bank and ocean beach high tide line at 2'notes found as plant accumulations drifting downstream from further up river. Invasive mat-like colonies are increasingly found along lower Rio Grande River banks and adjacent resacas and drainage ditcheskeywords: TxGC, coastal
contributor's ID # TxGC 172 photo category: Plant - annual/perennial
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ADDITIONAL TAXONOMIC NOTES FOR THIS PHOTO
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| name change notes Feb 19 2025: Plants of the World (POTW) update via script. Previous name: Eichhornia crassipes ; updated name: Pontederia crassipes |
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Floating Water Hyacinth (photographer)
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