Hydrilla

NC environmental officials are treating the Eno River for an invasive plant

Celeste Gracia

State environmental officials will treat the Eno River for hydrilla, an invasive aquatic plant that disrupts the natural habitat. Treatment started on May 15 and will continue through the end of August.

A stem of the hydrilla plant. Biologists say the invasive aquatic weed is spreading to bodies of fresh water on the Coastal Plain.

Environment

'It’s a really bad thing.’ Invasive plant is a menace for Eno River wildlife.

Bradley George

In 2016, a task force got rid of hydrilla by injecting an herbicide into a sixteen mile stretch of the Eno. Now it's back, and the task force will try again.

Environment

Eno River Plagued By Invasive Plant

Dave DeWitt

A state task force will begin work soon to try to control an invasive plant that threatens the Eno River. Hydrilla was first spotted in the southern U.S.…

Environment

Aquatic Plant Pest Spreads To Eastern NC

Will Michaels

An invasive plant called hydrilla is spreading from the Piedmont toward lakes near the coast. Biologists say the aquatic weed first found in Wake County…