Resources
- Fact Sheet - Ontarios Invading Species Awareness Program
- Images, Video and Information - University of Florida - Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants
- Global Invasive Species Database - Invasive Species Specialist Group
- Invasive Plant Atlas of New England - University of Connecticut
- Identification and Biology of Non-Native Plants in Florida's Natural Areas - University of Florida
- Biological Control of Invasive Plants in the Eastern United States - USDA Forest Service
Representative Images
0002015 waterlettuce Pistia stratiotes Plant(s) USDA Agricultural Research Service Archive |
5400739 waterlettuce Pistia stratiotes Foliage Graves Lovell |
1148054 waterlettuce Pistia stratiotes Plant(s) USDA APHIS PPQ Archive |
1149036 waterlettuce Pistia stratiotes Plant(s) USDA APHIS PPQ Archive |
5079024 waterlettuce Pistia stratiotes Plant(s) Troy Evans |
5163013 waterlettuce Pistia stratiotes Plant(s) Forest & Kim Starr |
5163014 waterlettuce Pistia stratiotes Foliage Forest & Kim Starr |
5163016 waterlettuce Pistia stratiotes Foliage Forest & Kim Starr |
5273075 waterlettuce Pistia stratiotes Plant(s) Leslie J. Mehrhoff |
5273076 waterlettuce Pistia stratiotes Flower(s) Leslie J. Mehrhoff |
5273077 waterlettuce Pistia stratiotes Plant(s) Leslie J. Mehrhoff |
5344035 waterlettuce Pistia stratiotes Infestation Karen Brown |
5344036 waterlettuce Pistia stratiotes Infestation Karen Brown |
1149121 waterlettuce Pistia stratiotes Infestation USDA APHIS PPQ Archive |
1451191 waterlettuce Pistia stratiotes Infestation Richard Carter |
Maps
EDDMapS Distribution - This map is incomplete and is based only on current site and county level reports made by experts, herbaria, and literature. For more information, visit www.eddmaps.org
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State Regulated List - This map identifies those states that list this species on their regulated list. For more information, visit Invasive.org
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Most Troublesome / Most Common Agricultural Weed List
This map identifies those states that consider this species either most troublesome or most common in at least one commodity. For more information, visit the MTMC project page.
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| Legend | |
| No Data for this state | |
| Troublesome or Common weed in one or more crops | |
Invasive Listing Sources
- Alabama Invasive Plant Council - Watch list A
- Alabama Noxious Weeds - Class C Noxious Weed
- Alachua County Cogongrass Initiative
- Apalachicola Invasive Working Group
- California Noxious Weeds
- Connecticut Invasive Plant List
- EDDMapS Ontario
- Faith Campbell, 1998
- Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council - Category I
- John Randall, The Nature Conservancy, Survey of TNC Preserves, 1995.
- Mid-Atlantic Exotic Pest Plant Council, 2005
- Nonnative Invasive Species in Southern Forest and Grassland Ecosystems
- South Carolina Noxious Weeds
- Texas Noxious Weeds
- Treasure Coast Cooperative Invasive Species Mgmt. Area - EARLY DRAFT
- WeedUS - Database of Plants Invading Natural Areas in the United States
Taxonomic Rank
| Kingdom: Plantae |
| Phylum: Magnoliophyta |
| Class: Liliopsida |
| Subclass: Arecidae |
| Order: Arales |
| Family: Araceae |
| Genus: Pistia |
Other System Links
Plants: PIST2Bayer: PIIST
GRIN: 102491
ITIS: 42542
NPDN Pest: PAKAEBA
NPDN Host: 36229
Synonyms and Other Names
Other Common Names:
tropical duckweed
| Common Name Reference: | USDA, NRCS. 2010. The PLANTS Database. National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA, USA. |
| Scientific Name Reference: | USDA, NRCS. 2010. The PLANTS Database. National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA, USA. |
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