Hydrilla Returns to Wallace Lake Prompting New Control Efforts

/ Published in Aquatic Invasive Species, Lake & Waterway Management
Native to Africa and believed to have been introduced to American waters from the aquarium trade in the 1960’s, hydrilla has quickly spread across the southern U.S. from Connecticut to California.
The highly invasive species, hydrilla has shown up on once again in Wallace Lake, Cleveland Ohio. Due to its ability to grow and spread rapidly aggressive control efforts to eradicate the aquatic plant before it becomes widespread are being taken. First discovered last summer, it was the first of its kind in northern Ohio. Aquatic