EPPO Global Database

Elodea nuttallii(ELDNU)

Distribution details in Croatia

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2019: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2006
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2015/088) : first found in 2006, present in the n the Kopački rit floodplain (river Drava).

EPPO Reporting Service (2019/150) : now established in Baranja where it has spread along drainage networks.
References
* Boršić I, Ješovnik A, Mihinjač T, Kutleša P, Slivar S, Cigrovski Mustafić M, Desnica S. (2018) Invasive Alien Species of Union Concern (Regulation 1143/2014) in Croatia. Natura Croatica, 27, 357-398.

* Kočić A, Horvatić J & Jelaska SD (2014) Distribution and morphological variation of invasive macrophytes Elodea nuttallii (Planch.) H. St. John and Elodea canadensis Michx in Croatia. Acta Botanica Croatica 73(2), 437-446.