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Water Lettuce (Pistia stratiotes)

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Pistia Stratiotes, or more commonly know as Water Lettuce, is a forb/herb (a forb/herb is a non-woody plant that is not a grass) of the genus Pistia. Its duration is perennial which means it will grow year after year. Pistia Stratiotes or Water Lettuce's floral region is North America US Lower 48, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and The Virgin Islands, specifically in the states of Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Maryland, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, South Carolina and Texas.

  • Category: Monocot
  • Genus: Pistia
  • Family: Araceae
  • Order: Arales
  • Class: Liliopsida
  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Duration: Perennial
  • Growth Habit: Forb/herb
  • Native Status: L48 (N) HI (I) PR (N) VI (N)
  • State Noxious Status: AL (CCW) CA (BW) CT (PIB) FL (PAP2) SC (ILAP PP) TX (NP)
  • State Noxious Common Name: AL (water-lettuce) CA (water lettuce) CT (water lettuce) FL (water lettuce) SC (water lettuce) TX (waterlettuce)
  • PLANTS Invasive Status: FLEPPC STATE
  • National Wetland Indicator Status: OBL
  • Regional Wetland Indicator Status: 1(NI) 2(OBL) 6(OBL) 7(OBL) 0(OBL) C(OBL) H(OBL)


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