Weed profile: Leafy elodea
Leafy elodea
Leafy elodea
Egeria densa
Leafy elodea has a number of common names including dense waterweed, elodea, egeria and Brazilian elodea. It is a submerged aquatic perennial plant that thrives in shallow, nutrient-rich, slow-moving or stationary water to depths of around seven metres. More cold tolerant than many other aquatic weeds, it thrives in southern Australia.
Status
- Declared in NSW under the Noxious Weeds Act 1993 (view details)
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