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1 Aquatic Weed Identification and Control David Kratville, Environmental Scientist Integrated Pest Control Branch California Department of Food and Agriculture

2 Emergent/Floating Aquatic Weed ID Riparian Submersed

3 Potamogetons: broad vs narrow leaves

4 Aquatic Weed ID American Pondweed,Potamogeton nodosus

5 Aquatic Weed ID Leafy Pondweed, Potamogeton foliosus

6 Curlyleaf Pondweed, P. crispus Non-native

7 Aquatic Weed ID Curlyleaf Pondweed, Potamogeton crispus

8 Aquatic Weed ID Eurasian Watermilfoil, Myriophyllum spicatum

9 Aquatic Weed ID Eurasian Watermilfoil, Myriophyllum spicatum Note minor branches all come off single axis, and unbranched. Robust stems, often red.

10 Aquatic Weed ID Parrotfeather, Myriophyllum aquaticum Non-native Locally a severe pest, in still-water situations Distinctive above-surface foliage Attractive

11 Aquatic Weed ID Parrotfeather, Myriophyllum aquaticum

12 Aquatic Weed ID Parrotfeather, Myriophyllum aquaticum

13 Aquatic Weed ID Parrotfeather, Myriophyllum aquaticum

14 Aquatic Weed ID Carolina Fanwort, Cabomba caroliniana Non-native, relatively recent Becoming common and a pest in Delta

15 Aquatic Weed ID Carolina Fanwort, Cabomba caroliniana Note that minor branches themselves have branches, unlike watermilfoil

16 Aquatic Weed ID Carolina Fanwort, Cabomba caroliniana

17 Aquatic Weed ID Submersed plants with whorls of single leaves Highly variable!

18 Aquatic Weed ID Hydrilla, Hydrilla verticilata

19 Aquatic Weed ID Hydrilla, Hydrilla verticillata

20 Aquatic Weed ID Hydrilla, Hydrilla verticillata HIGHLY VARIABLE!

21 Aquatic Weed ID Hydrilla

22 Aquatic Weed ID Hydrilla, Hydrilla verticillata

23 Foothill pond 6-10 deep Aquatic Weed ID Hydrilla, Hydrilla verticillata

24 Aquatic Weed ID Egeria, Egeria densa

25 Aquatic Weed ID Egeria, Egeria densa

26 Aquatic Weed ID Egeria, Egeria densa

27 Aquatic Weed ID Egeria, Egeria densa

28 Aquatic Weed ID Alligatorweed, Alternanthera philoxeroides Non-native Rare at present Under eradication Extremely hard to kill Leaves opposite White flowers Found for the first time in Northern California 2017!

29 Aquatic Weed ID Alligatorweed, Alternanthera philoxeroides

30 Aquatic Weed ID Alligatorweed, Alternathera philoxeroides

31 Aquatic Weed ID Alligatorweed, Alternathera philoxeroides

32 Aquatic Weed ID Alligatorweed, Alternathera philoxeroides

33 Aquatic Weed ID Water Hyacinth, Eichornia crassipes

34 Aquatic Weed ID Water Hyacinth, Eichornia crassipes

35 Aquatic Weed ID Smooth Frogbit, Limnobium laevigatum Similar leaf outline to hyacinth, but plant generally smaller Most leaves are thickened or keeled, and with crisp, spongy-foamy layer that provides floatation In hyacinth, floatation is in stems

36 Aquatic Weed ID Smooth Frogbit, Limnobium laevigatum spongeplant hyacinth

37 Aquatic Weed ID Smooth Frogbit, Limnobium laevigatum

38 Aquatic Weed ID Smooth Frogbit, Limnobium laevigatum

39 Giant Salvinia, Salvinia molesta

40 G Giant Salvinia can form dense populations in water storage and delivery systems. Heavy infestations slow water movement, destroy pumps, kill fish and encourage mosquito populations.

41 Aquatic Weed ID Yellowflag Iris, Iris pseudacorus

42 Aquatic Weed ID Yellowflag Iris, Iris pseudacorus

43 Aquatic Weed ID Yellowflag Iris, Iris pseudacorus

44 Control Methods

45 Control Efforts Mechanical Harvesters

46 Control Efforts Fragmentation

47 Control Efforts

48 Control Efforts

49 Control Efforts

50 Control Efforts

51 Control Efforts

52 Control Efforts Biological Control

53 Control Efforts Biological Control, Leaf-eating Beetle (Galerucella, sp.) Adult Larva

54 Control Efforts Plants skeletonized by Leaf-eating Beetle (Galerucella, sp.)

55 Control Efforts Biological Control Agents Established in Shasta County August, 2002 August, 2004

56 Control Efforts Biological control agent collection.

57 Control Efforts Biological control agent collection.

58 Control Efforts Other Biological Control Agents Root-boring Weevil, Hylobius transversovittatus Seedhead Weevil, Nanophyes marmoratus

59 Control Efforts

60 Chemical Control

61 Chemical Control

62 Chemical Control

63 Tubers, turions and fragments

64 Chemical Control

65 Chemical Control

66 Chemical Control

67 Chemical Control

68 Chemical Control

69 Tuber Production

70 Low Water

71 Chemical Control

72 Reduce Tuber Bank

73 Full Pool Protected Tubers Sprout

74 Chemical Control

75 Chemical Control

76 NPDES Talent Irrigation District. US EPA Memorandum Interpretive Statement on Application of Pesticides to Waters of the United States in Compliance with FIFRA. CDFA continuing water monitoring under NPDES permit.

77 Thank you

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