Invasive Plants in Texas
Texas Recreation and Parks Society
Invasive Plants
Texas Parks and Recreation Society
Giant Salvinia
Crested Floating Heart
Giant Salvina
Life Cycle
Reproduce by fragmentation
The Giant Salvinia is a quickly spreading plant the can double its biomass every few weeks.It is found in loud slow moving water such as lakes of ponds.
It has natural predators like grasshoppers and moths.
Why we want to keep it on the red list.
- it damages aquatic ecosystems
- decreases oxygen in the area
- blocks out sunlight
Crested Floating Heart
Life Cycle
Rooted in shallow water
It grows best in tropical to subtropical climate zones
Why we want to move it to the red list.
- quickly cover the water
- clog storm drains
- blocks out sunlight
Work Cited
"Giant Salvinia." Texas Parks & Wildlife Department | Welcome. 29 July 2009. Web. 20 May 2011. .
Jacono, C. C. "Identification." Giant Salvinia - Salvinia Molesta. 25 Feb. 2003. Web. 20 May 2011. .
"New Aquatic Invasive Species: Crested Floating Heart – How Far Can It Go?" New Aquatic Invasive Species: Crested Floating Heart – How Far Can It Go? Web. 06 Jan. 2016.
Kathleen Craddock Burks. “Nymphoides Cristata (roxb.) Kuntze, a Recent Adventive Expanding
as a Pest Plant in Florida”. Castanea 67.2 (2002):
Willey, L.N. 2012. Biology and control of the invasive aquatic plant crested floating heart (Nymphoides cristata). MS Thesis, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL