Water Weeds

A water weed is an invasive plant that grows either wholly or partly in water and can be rooted in mud or free floating. 

Please use the tiles below to find out more about water weeds in Logan.

white flower with green foliage

Alligator Weed

Alternanthera philoxeroides

H2: Alligator Weed
Amazon frogbit. Floating, glossy, subcircular leaves

Amazon Frogbit

Limnobium laevigatum

H2: Amazon Frogbit
Bacopa. Water plant with soft hairy leaves

Bacopa

Bacopa lanigera

H2: Bacopa
Cabomba plant with small white flower

Cabomba

Cabomba species

H2: Cabomba
Hygrophila. Infestation of the course leave weeds on the lake edge

Hygrophila

Hygrophila costata

H2: Hygrophila
Hymenachne. Broad leaved plant with spongy stems

Hymenachne

Hymenachne amplexicaulis

H2: Hymenachne
Kidneyleaf mudplantation infestation. Mat of bright green kidney shaped leaves

Kidneyleaf Mudplantain

Heteranthera reniformis

H2: Kidneyleaf Mudplantain
Large floating leaves with a yellow flower that grows above the water

Mexican water lily

Nymphaea mexicana

H2: Mexican water lily
Small cluster of Salvinia in pond

Salvinia

Salvinia molesta

H2: Salvinia
Small white Senegal tea flower

Senegal Tea

Gymnocoronis spilanthoides

H2: Senegal Tea
Water hyacinth in flower. Dark green leaves with purple and yellow flowers

Water Hyacinth

Eichhornia crassipes

H2: Water Hyacinth
Water lettuce up close

Water Lettuce

Pistia stratiotes

H2: Water Lettuce
Water mimosa infestation by lake.

Water Mimosa

Neptunia oleracea

H2: Water Mimosa
Water spinach infestation. Arrow shaped leaves

Water Spinach

Ipomea aquatica

H2: Water Spinach