NEW ORLEANS — There are floating islands of vegetation in the middle of Lake Pontchartrain just off the Causeway Bridge. In some areas, you can spot them as far as the eye can see. “I think it’s just ...

Water hyacinth (Eichornia crassipes) is a free-floating freshwater perennial that is native to South America. It was introduced into the U.S. as an ornamental, but then escaped. It can form thick ...

NEW ORLEANS -- Despite the winter freeze, the invasive water hyacinth bounced back on south Louisiana bayous and waterways with a vengeance this year. While volunteers have been manually removing the ...

IN tropical waters, the water hyacinth, Eichhornia crassipes, Solms., a native of South America, a freely floating or loosely attached water plant supported by its curious buoyant bladder-like ...

Dubbed the 'Terror of Bengal,' water hyacinth devastates ecosystems by choking waterways. Yet, this invasive plant surprisingly offers significant medicinal benefits ...