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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During the summer growing season, hydrilla produces oxygen, as do all plants do, and its stems and branches provide a refuge for fish.
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Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 8 July 2024
Tiny fragments of hydrilla that attach to trailers and hulls can survive days out of water and are believed, just over the last year, to have transplanted the weed to seven state lakes and ponds.
—Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 27 June 2024
The Army Corps plans to test aquatic herbicides starting in July at five demonstration sites as part of the ongoing hydrilla research project to develop a safe treatment plan that controls hydrilla in the Connecticut River and that also meets stated project goals:
Public safety is the primary goal.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 8 June 2024
Scientists have found everywhere along the 200 miles of the Connecticut River and its tributaries below Springfield: A previously undiscovered, genetically unique and exceptionally robust strain of hydrilla that so far has not been found anywhere else in the world.
—Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 17 Jan. 2024
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Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 8 July 2024
Tiny fragments of hydrilla that attach to trailers and hulls can survive days out of water and are believed, just over the last year, to have transplanted the weed to seven state lakes and ponds.
—Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 27 June 2024
The Army Corps plans to test aquatic herbicides starting in July at five demonstration sites as part of the ongoing hydrilla research project to develop a safe treatment plan that controls hydrilla in the Connecticut River and that also meets stated project goals:
Public safety is the primary goal.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 8 June 2024
Scientists have found everywhere along the 200 miles of the Connecticut River and its tributaries below Springfield: A previously undiscovered, genetically unique and exceptionally robust strain of hydrilla that so far has not been found anywhere else in the world.
—Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 17 Jan. 2024
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“Hydrilla.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hydrilla. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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