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Mach,
Aquatic vegetation can dramatically enhance or detract from your ponds function and aesthetics. There are two things you need to take into consideration for your project to be able to maximize your enhancement value and minimize your destructive value:
1. Determine your goals...this will be your guiding light in how you make the decisions below
2. Use native, non-invasive plant species. i.e. not hydrilla.
3. Use vegetation that is native to your geographic region.
4. Use vegetation that is hardy to your soils and water chemistry for your area.
5. Make sure the vegetation you use is not on the illegal and prohibited species list in your state and USDA.
USDA's List: Federal List--From the USDA APHIS Federal list from: USDA/APHIS/PPQ. Part 360 -- Noxious Weed Regulations. Authority: 7 U.S.C. 2803 and 2809; 7 CFR 2.17, 2.51 and 371.2(C).
Aquatic/Wetland
Azolla pinnata: mosquito fern, water velvet Caulerpa taxifolia: Mediterranean clone of caulerpa) Eichhornia azurea: anchored water hyacinth Hydrilla verticillata: hydrilla Hygrophila polysperma: hygro, Miramar weed Ipomoea aquatica: water spinach Lagarosiphon: major African elodea, oxygen weed Limnophila sessiliflora ambulia Melaleuca quinquenervia melaleuca Monochoria hastata monochoria Monochoria vaginalis Ottellia alismoides: duck-lettuce Sagittaria sagittifolia Salvinia auriculata: giant salvinia Salvinia biloba: giant salvinia Salvinia herzogii: giant salvinia Salvinia molesta: giant salvinia Solanum tampicense: wetland nightshade Sparganium erectum: exotic bur-reed
* Remember federal rule supersedes state and local rule.
Reevaluate your goals and make sure they are being met with the vegetation plan you've chosen.
Good luck!
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