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   Hydrilla verticillata (aquatic plant)
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    Details of this species in Australia
    Status: Alien
    Invasiveness: Invasive
    Occurrence: Present/controlled
    Source: Mack and Lonsdale, 2002
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    Management Notes for this Location:
    A biological control programme for Hydrilla verticillata was undertaken simultaneously with programmes for the other aquatic invaders Eichhornia crassipes, Pistia stratiodes and Salvinia molesta, to avoid the increase of other invasive species as one was controlled.
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    Last Modified: 30/12/2005 1:04:45 p.m.
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