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Canal Information

Wed, Sep 2

Home Departments Public Works Canal Information Canal Information Aquatic Vegetation Found in Village Canals The aquatic plants identified below are not the only plants that we have in our system but are the four primary plants of concern that are currently being treated for in our system. The identified plants are aggressive and if left unchecked can takeover the area of the canal that they are growing in. Hygrophila: Hygrophila is a fast-growing and fast-spreading invasive that can outshade and therefore outcompete other submersed plants; it can occupy the entire water column; many adventitious roots at stem nodes means that fragments can easily grow. It was brought to the U.S. as an aquarium plant about 1945 and was first reported…

Summary by Wellington Roundup, from Village of Royal Palm Beach official website. The full story is at the source; we link, we don’t reprint. Provenance: www.royalpalmbeachfl.gov public sitemap page (government).