Phyllanthus fluitans - Florida Invasive Species Partnership

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Information from Aquarists • Growth rate: very slow (very fast?) • Difficulty to grow: very hard (Easy? Medium?) • Red leaves develop at high light intensities Credit: freshwateraquariumplants.com Credit: www.aquaticplantcentral.com Credit: www.hessler-markus.de/thumbnails/Phyllanthus_fluitans3.html
Chronology of Florida Occurrence • Found 8/27/10 in a canal attached to the Peace River by Dr. George Wilder from the Naples Botanical Garden who reported it to FWC • On 9/7/10, FWC and SWFWMD staff visited the site to confirm and documented 12 additional sightings; voucher specimens taken to the USF Herbarium in Tampa • On 9/10/10, found plants 2 river miles upstream of 9/7 sightings • From 10/4-10/6/10 SWFWMD staff treated all P. fluitans plants in original sighting area with diquat
Page 1 and 2: Phyllanthus fluitans: A New Invasiv
Page 3: Description • It is a floating aq
Page 7: Peace River Watershed Credit: SWFWM
Page 11: Control Measures In October and Nov
Page 15 and 16: Reproduction Plants reproduce by:
Page 17 and 18: How did it get here? Nursery/Aquari
Page 19 and 20: Getting the Word Out! • Co-author
Page 21 and 22: Acknowledgements • Fl. Fish & Wil

Phyllanthus fluitans - Florida Invasive Species Partnership

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