Marine Resources Research Institute PO Box 12559 Charleston, SC 29422-2559
217 Ft. Johnson Rd. Charleston, SC 29412 843-953-9098 sertc@dnr.sc.gov
NONINDIGENOUS AQUATIC PLANT SPECIES REPORTED FROM SOUTH CAROLINA(click on hyperlinked names for species profile or image)
Genus/species
common name
Alternanthera philoxeroides
alligatorweed
Arundo donax
giant reed
Codium fragile var. tomentosoides
green alga
Colocasia esculenta
elephant’s ear
Egeria densa
Brazilian water-weed
Eichhornia crassipes
water-hyacinth
Gracilaria vermiculophylla
red alga
Hydrilla verticillata
hydrilla
Hygrophila polysperma
Indian hygrophila
Landoltia (Spirodela) punctata
dotted duckweed
Ludwigia uruguayensis
water primrose
Murdannia keisak
Asian dayflower
Myriophyllum aquaticum
parrot-feather
Myriophyllum spicatum
Eurasian water-milfoil
Najas minor
brittle naiad
Nasturtium officinale
water-cress
Nelumbo nucifera
sacred lotus
Neosiphonia harveyi
Nymphaea mexicana
banana waterlily
Oryza sativa
rice
Panicum repens
torpedo grass
Phragmites australis
common reed
Pistia stratiotes
water-lettuce
Polysiphonia breviarticulata
Potamogeton crispus
curly-leaf pondweed
Sagittaria montevidensis
long-lobed arrowhead
Salvinia minima
common salvinia
Salvinia molesta
giant salvinia
Urochloa (Brachiaria) mutica
para grass