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Salvinia biloba Raddi
giant salvinia

   
Symbol: SABI9
Group: Fern
Family: Salviniaceae
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More Information:
  • Classification Report
  • Data Source and Documentation
 

Related Taxa:
Salvinia biloba Raddi

1 genera in Salviniaceae, 6 species in Salvinia
 

Classification:
Salvinia biloba Raddi

     
Kingdom   Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom   Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Division   Pteridophyta – Ferns
Class   Filicopsida
Order   Hydropteridales
Family   Salviniaceae – Floating Fern family
Genus   Salvinia Ség. – watermoss
Species   Salvinia biloba Raddi – giant salvinia
 

Noxious Weed Information:
Salvinia biloba Raddi

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.

United States:
giant salvinia Noxious weed
Alabama:
giant salvinia Class A noxious weed
California:
giant salvinia Quarantine
Florida:
Salvinia
Prohibited aquatic plant, Class 11
Massachusetts:
giant salvinia Prohibited
North Carolina:
Salvinia
water fern Class A noxious weed2
Oregon:
giant salvinia Quarantine
South Carolina:
giant salvinia Invasive aquatic plant
giant salvinia Plant pest
Texas:
Salvinia
salvinia Noxious plant
Vermont:
giant salvinia Class A noxious weed
1 excluding S. minima
2 all except S. minima
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Salvinia biloba Raddi

giant salvinia
Salvinia
salvinia

This plant and the related entity italicized and indented above can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above.

US Plant Protection and Quarantine. 2006. Federal noxious weed list (http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ppq/weeds/weedlist2006.pdf, 24 May 2006). USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. Washington, DC. 2pp.
STATE Assorted authors. 200_. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
 

 

 
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