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Eichhornia crassipes; Floating Water Hyacinth   

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Eichhornia crassipes
Eichhornia crassipes
Floating Water Hyacinth
Photographer: E. Wynn Anderson

ID: 0000 0000 1115 0254 (2015-11-03)

Copyright © 2015 Wynn Anderson

 
INFORMATION PROVIDED WITH THE PHOTO
  • date of photo  Aug 13, 2010
  • latitude 25.95930   longitude 97.14750     View on Google Maps.
  • 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
  • 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 ditches
  • keywords: TxGC, coastal
  • contributor's ID #  TxGC 176
  • photo category: Plant - annual/perennial

  • MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PLANT
  • common names   Floating Water Hyacinth (photographer)
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