Nymphoides peltata
Nymphoides peltata
(yellow floating-heart)
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7 results for Nymphoides peltata (yellow floating-heart)

Impact ID Scientific Name Impact Type Study Type Study Location Impact Description Reference
2159 Nymphoides peltata Competition Observational Field When associated with other common free floating plants such as duckweeds, Salvinia natans... 33538
2178 Nymphoides peltata Competition Observational Field Colonies can produce dense mats of leaves in a floating canopy, which block out sunlight for other... 33527
2179 Nymphoides peltata Competition Observational Field When colonies are dense, plants compete with and displace indigenous vegetation, sometimes reducing... 33527
2186 Nymphoides peltata Competition Observational Field One-sided competition from N. peltata has a profound effect on the submerged aquatic plant... 33529
2191 Nymphoides peltata Competition Experimental Laboratory Nymphoides peltata has been shown to exert a strong interspecific interferential effect on... 33532
2192 Nymphoides peltata Competition Experimental Laboratory Nymphoides peltata showed a rapid increase of mean leaf area when competing with... 33531
8812 Nymphoides peltata Competition Anecdotal N/A Nymphoides peltata can form dense floating mats of vegetation that block sunlight from... 25601

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