EPPO Global Database

EPPO Reporting Service no. 08 - 2011 Num. article: 2011/180

First record of Myriophyllum heterophyllum in France


Myriophyllum heterophyllum (Haloragaceae, EPPO Alert List) has been observed for the first time in July 2011 in France in the Department of Haute-Vienne (87) in Saint-Sylvestre (region Limousin). M. heterophyllum was found covering 50% of a 700 m² pond.

Sources

Alexis Lebreton, Office National de la Chasse et de la Faune Sauvage, E-mail: alexis.lebreton@club-internet.fr
Guillaume Fried, ANSES, E-mail: guillaume.fried@anses.fr