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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