EPPO Global Database

Pistia stratiotes(PIIST)

Distribution details in Germany

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2014: Present, restricted distribution
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2010/090) : found once in 1981 in river Erft but since 2005, no longer present.
However, Hussner (2014) details that the species is present in the thermally abnormal river Erft since 2008.
References
* Hussner A (2014) Long-term macrophyte mapping documents a continuously shift from native to non-native aquatic plant dominance in the thermally abnormal River Erft (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany). Limnologica 48, 39–45
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
France Present, few occurrences view...
Poland Present, no details view...