Management Options

Non-Native plants identified on this page cause extensive ecological and economic impacts in the United States. These plants should not be introduced into private or public waters and should be eliminated where possible.

•  AquaPlant App – Identification and Management Aid for Aquatic Vegetation
•  AquaCide App – Aquatic Herbicide Selection, Effectiveness, and Restriction Guide

Alligator Weed Non-Native American Lotus American Pondweed Arrowhead (Bull Tongue) Baby Pondweed Banana Lily (Floating Heart) Bladderwort Blue Flag Brittle Naiad Bulrush Bull Tongue (Arrowhead) Bushy Pondweed (Southern Naiad) Buttonbush Cabomba (Fanwort) Cattail Chara Common Duckweed Common Reed Common Salvinia Non-Native Coontail Cow Lily (Spatterdock) Curly-Leafed Pondweed Non-Native Dollar Bonnet (Water Shield) Eelgrass Egeria Non-Native Elodea Eurasian Watermilfoil Non-Native Fanwort (Cabomba) Filamentous Algae Floating Heart (Banana Lily) Fragrant Water Lily (White Water Lily) Frog’s-Bit Giant Duckweed Giant Reed Non-Native Giant Salvinia Non-Native Golden Alga Horsetail Hydrilla Non-Native

Illinois Pondweed Lizard’s Tail Maidencane Mexican Water Lily (Yellow Water Lily) Mosquito Fern Muskgrass Nitella Parrotfeather Non-Native Pickerelweed Planktonic Algae Sago Pondweed Sedges Smartweed (Water Pepper) Soft Rush Southern Naiad (Bushy Pondweed) Southern Watergrass Spatterdock (Cow Lily) Spike Rush Tallow(Popcorn tree) Non-Native Three-Square Torpedograss Non-Native Variable-Leaf Pondweed Variable-Leaf Watermilfoil Water-willow (American Water-willow) Waterleaf Watermeal Water Hyacinth Non-Native Water Lettuce Non-Native Water Pennywort Water Pepper (Smartweed) Water Primrose Water Shield (Dollar Bonnet) Waterstargrass White Water Lily (Fragrant Water Lily) Widgeon Grass Willow Yellow Water Lily (Mexican Water Lily)