Hydrilla Verticillata (Noun)
Meaning
Submersed plant with whorled lanceolate leaves and solitary axillary flowers; Old World plant naturalized in southern United States and clogging Florida's waterways.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Hydrilla verticillata has spread rapidly through many aquatic systems, clogging waterways and impeding human uses.
- Biologists say the Old World hydrilla verticillata was likely introduced into this region as a discarded aquarium plant.
- Researchers were also monitoring water temperatures, searching for signs of the highly invasive hydrilla verticillata that is currently overgrowing lakes in this state.
- An ecosystem suffering the strain of invasion from plants such as hydrilla verticillata stands a strong chance of irrevocable alteration to local ecosystems.
- With growth that's among the fastest for submersed plants in aquatic ecosystems, hydrilla verticillata becomes established by fragments easily rooting themselves along its native sediments.