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Salvinia herzogii de la Sota
giant salvinia
Symbol: SAHE7
Group: Fern
Family: Salviniaceae
Growth Habit: Forb/herb
Duration:
U.S. Nativity: Cultivated, or not in the U.S.

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Related Taxa:
Salvinia herzogii de la Sota

View 1 genus in Salviniaceae, 6 species in Salvinia

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Classification:
Salvinia herzogii de la Sota

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    Kingdom Plantae – Plants
       Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
          Division Pteridophyta – Ferns
             Class Filicopsida –
                Order Hydropteridales –
                   Family Salviniaceae – Floating Fern family
                      Genus Salvinia Séguier – watermoss
                         Species Salvinia herzogii de la Sota – giant salvinia

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Noxious Weed Information:
Salvinia herzogii de la Sota
This plant and the related entities italicized and indented below are listed by the U. S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete noxious weed list for that location.
United States:
        giant salvinia     Noxious weed
Alabama:
        giant salvinia     Class A noxious weed
California:
        giant salvinia     Quarantine
Florida:
    Salvinia Séguier
            Prohibited aquatic plant, Class 1
Massachusetts:
        giant salvinia     Noxious weed
North Carolina:
    Salvinia Séguier
        water fern     Class A noxious weed
Oregon:
        giant salvinia     Quarantine
South Carolina:
        giant salvinia     Invasive aquatic plant
        giant salvinia     Plant pest
Texas:
    Salvinia Séguier
        salvinia     Noxious plant
Vermont:
        giant salvinia     Class A noxious weed

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Invasive Information:
Salvinia herzogii de la Sota
        giant salvinia
    Salvinia Séguier
        salvinia
This plant and the related entity italicized and indented above are considered invasive by the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each invasive plant list, or click here for a composite list of Invasive Plants of the U.S.
US   Plant Protection and Quarantine. 2002. Federal Noxious Weed List (http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ppq/bats/noxweed.html, October 20, 2003). USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. Washington, DC. 2pp.
 
STATE   Assorted authors. 200_. State Noxious Weed Lists for 43 States. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
 

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Other Species Accounts and Images:
Salvinia herzogii de la Sota

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).
View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 566008.

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