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Parrots feather
Myriophyllum aquaticum
Status:
Established
Habitat:
Freshwater
Threats:
Competition with native macrophytes. Clogging of waterways.
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Quagga mussel
Dreissena rostriformis bugensis
Status:
Established
Habitat:
Freshwater
Threats:
Fouling, negative impacts on native species and local extinction of unionids.
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Red-eared, yellow-bellied and Cumberland sliders
Trachemys scripta spp.
Status:
Established
Habitat:
Freshwater
Threats:
It disturbs aquatic habitats and poses a human health risk, being a possible reservoir for salmonella
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Water fern
Azolla filiculoides
Status:
Established
Habitat:
Freshwater
Threats:
Reduction of surface light reaching the benthos.
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Water soldier
Stratiotes aloides
Status:
Established
Habitat:
Freshwater
Threats:
Spreads vegatively. Grows quickly and forms large mats.
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Zebra mussel
Dreissena polymorpha
Status:
Established
Habitat:
Freshwater
Threats:
Fouling, negative impacts on native species and local extinction of unionids.
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