Ask Claire Snyder about the discovery of hydrilla in DuPage County, and she doesn’t hold back. “I am kind of calling it public aquatic plant enemy No. 1,” Snyder says.
Hydrilla (Hydrilla verticillata), also called water thyme, is an invasive aquatic plant native to Africa and Southeast Asia. It has now made its way to Canada and the southern and eastern U.S. "It ...
Illinois officials are investigating after “one of the world’s worst aquatic weeds” was discovered ... suspect they have seen the dangerous plant. Hydrilla can be identified by its pointed ...
Jeremiah Foley, a scientist with the Office of Aquatic Invasive Species ... great—there’s almost no Hydrilla left at the treatment sites, while native plants are thriving.