Taxonomy

Pistia stratiotes | Water-lettuce

Distribution

Status

Legal status

Third Schedule listed species under Regulations 49 & 50 in the European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats) Regulations 2011. (Note: Regulation 50 not yet enacted). Listed as a schedule 9 species under Articles 15 & 15A of the Wildlife Order (Northern Ireland) 1985 (Article 15A not yet enacted).

Regulated invasive  species of Union concern under the European Regulation on the prevention and management of the introduction and spread of invasive alien species [1143/2014]

Invasiveness

Not assessed

Irish status

Absent

Distribution

World distribution(GBIF)

Temporal change

Records submitted to Data Centre in 2023

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