Alligatorweed By: Alex Bauman. Control measures.
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AlligatorweedBy: Alex Bauman
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Control measures
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Alligator weed This plant resides
in southeastern states.
Emersed plant that can be found in a variety of places.
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Alligator weed characterisics It is a flowering plant It has small tiny one
seeded fruits that have thin walls
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Characterisics The leaves can be
opposite, narrowly elliptic or spatulate.
They have tiny, one seeded fruits
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Source of Introduction It was first
reported in Alabama in 1897.
It is thought that they came over on the ballasts of boats.
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Control Measurements
The alligator flea beetle was the first biological control for aquatic weeds.
It was established on the alligator weed in 1965.
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Work Cited “Alligator weed”. Center for Aquatic and
Invasive Plats. Web. 28 Sept. 2012.
“Alligatorweed”. Invasive Species Info. Web. 2 Oct. 2012.
Cuba, James. “Alligatorweed flea beetle Agasicles hygrophila Selman
and Vogt”. ESIS. Web. 29 Sept. 2012.