Eichhornia crassipes
Eichhornia crassipes
(common water-hyacinth)
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8 results for Eichhornia crassipes (common water-hyacinth)
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Specimen IDStateCountyLocalityYear HUC Number What's this? Drainage nameStatus
1651088 LAJeffersonAt Gretna, opposite New Orleans1899 08090100 Lower Mississippi-New Orleansestablished
213331 LAOrleansNew Orleans1884 08090100 Lower Mississippi-New Orleansestablished
1671842 LAPlaquemines[No locality description provided]2018 08090100 Lower Mississippi-New Orleans 
1701257 LAPlaquemines[No locality description provided]2022 08090100 Lower Mississippi-New Orleans 
1892604 LAPlaquemines[No locality description provided]2025 08090100 Lower Mississippi-New Orleans 
1399685 LAPlaqueminesBoat ramp. E side of Hwy 232009 08090100 Lower Mississippi-New Orleansunknown
1399520 LAPlaqueminesE side levee on MS River. Fort Jackson2009 08090100 Lower Mississippi-New Orleansunknown
229460 LAPlaqueminesMississippi River Delta1993 08090100 Lower Mississippi-New Orleansestablished

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Citation information: U.S. Geological Survey. [2025]. Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database. Gainesville, Florida. Accessed [12/8/2025].

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