EPPO Global Database

Hydrocotyle ranunculoides(HYDRA)

Distribution details in United Kingdom (England)

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2019: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 1980s
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2004/042) : Alert listing. Since first find in 1980s, recorded at 71 sites by 2001, mainly in south of England Wales, but also in northwest of England
References
* Harms NE, Shearer JD, Grodowitz J (2012) Natural enemies of floating marshpennywort (Hydrocotyle ranunculoides L.f) in the southern United States. Journal of Aquatic Plant Management. 50, 63-68.

* Kelly A (2006) Removal of invasive floating pennywort Hydrocotyle ranunculoides from Gillingham Marshes, Suffolk, England. Conservation Evidence 3:52-53