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An impenetrable floating mat
Oxford Botanic Garden and Arboretum
Oxford, United Kingdom
Water hyacinth is a freshwater, floating aquatic herb native to the Amazon Basin. In their native habitat these plants produce a huge, impenetrable floating mat of several hundred square metres. Given optimum conditions for growth, a single plant can give rise to 1,200 offspring in just four months.
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- Title: An impenetrable floating mat
- Location Created: Oxford Botanic Garden, Oxford
- Rights: University of Oxford Botanic Garden and Arboretum
- Species: crassipes
- Photographer: Samantha Ibbott
- Genus: Eichhornia
- Family: Pontederiaceae
- Common name: Water hyacinth
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