EPPO Global Database

Egeria densa(ELDDE)

Distribution details in Spain

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2012: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 1912
Comments
According to Aymerich (2012), recorded in Andalucía, Catalunya (province of Lleida), Communidad Valenciana (found in Gandía in the 1990s), Galicia, País Vasco, and Madrid.

EPPO Reporting Service (2010/045) : considered invasive is Spain.

EPPO Reporting Service (2012/153) : in Spain, the species has been present since 1912 in the Parque del Retiro in Madrid where it was initially mistaken to be Elodea canadensis. It is also present in Andalucía (recorded in Sevilla in 2004), Comunidad Valenciana (recorded in Valencia), Galicia, and País Vasco. In 2008, E. densa was found in the province of Sevilla (municipality of El Castillo de las Guardas), covering almost the entire surface of a reservoir belonging to the watershed of the Guadalquivir river, and occupying a surface of 14 ha.

EPPO Reporting Service (2012/196) : recorded for the first time in 2012 in the Pyrenées. Found in Solsonès in the province of Lleida (Catalunya).
References
* Andreu J, Vilá M, Hulme PE (2009) An assessment of stakeholder perceptions and management of noxious alien plants in Spain. Environmental Management 43, 1244-1255.

* Aymerich P (2012) Una població de l’hidròfit invasor Egeria densa Planch. (Hydrocharitaceae) a l’àmbit pirinenc. Orsis 26, 51-55.

* Gros V, Casero-Montes Z, Pérez-Santigosa N & Plazuelo Á (2009) Primera cita de Egeria densa Planchon (Hydrocharitaceae) en la cuenca hidrográfica del Guadalquivir. Acta Botanica Malacitana 34, 273-275.

* Pulgar Í & Izco J (2005) Egeria densa Planchon (Hydrocharitaceae) in Pontevedra province (Spain). (Egeria densa Planchon (Hydrocharitaceae) en la provincia de Pontevedra (España).) Acta Botanica Malacitana, 30:173-175.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
France Present, widespread view...
Portugal Present, no details view...