hydrilla
noun
hy·dril·la
hī-ˈdri-lə 
: a freshwater aquatic Asian plant (Hydrilla verticillata of the Hydrocharitaceae family) that has small narrow leaves growing in whorls of three to eight around stems which become heavily branched near the water surface
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The purpose of the work by the Army Corps and the Agricultural Experiment Station is not to eradicate hydrilla, but to develop guidance for government and private property owners that chose in the future to apply for permits to control hydrilla themselves.
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Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 12 May 2025
The office was created in 2022 in response to alarms raised by scientists with the Agricultural Experiment Station who began surveying hydrilla in the river after it was detected in Glastonbury.
—Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 12 May 2025
Keeney Cove is where the local hydrilla was first found in 2016 by a group of amateur scientists on a field trip.
—Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 5 Aug. 2024
Aquatic vegetation like eelgrass, hydrilla and duckweed are crucial to the ecology of a spring.
—Kathryn Varn, Axios, 2 Aug. 2024
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Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 12 May 2025
The office was created in 2022 in response to alarms raised by scientists with the Agricultural Experiment Station who began surveying hydrilla in the river after it was detected in Glastonbury.
—Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 12 May 2025
Keeney Cove is where the local hydrilla was first found in 2016 by a group of amateur scientists on a field trip.
—Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 5 Aug. 2024
Aquatic vegetation like eelgrass, hydrilla and duckweed are crucial to the ecology of a spring.
—Kathryn Varn, Axios, 2 Aug. 2024
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“Hydrilla.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hydrilla. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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