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Water Lettuce

Botanical Name: Pistia stratiotes
Noxious Weed Category:
CLASS 1 in NSW


 

Description:
 Resembles a small floating head of lettuce with a spongy floating rosette of pale green and velvet like greenish grey leaves. It has fibrous roots. It restricts water flow and reduces light for aquatic plants and animals.

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Manual:  
Chemical: Please contact your local control authority for advice on chemical control.

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