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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Keeney Cove is where the local hydrilla was first found in 2016 by a group of amateur scientists on a field trip.
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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
During the summer growing season, hydrilla produces oxygen, as do all plants do, and its stems and branches provide a refuge for fish.
—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
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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
During the summer growing season, hydrilla produces oxygen, as do all plants do, and its stems and branches provide a refuge for fish.
—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
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“Hydrilla.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hydrilla. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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