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Kōrero: Water quality

Canadian pondweed

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Canadian pondweed

Elodea canadensis, or Canadian pondweed, is familiar to many people as an aquarium plant. It is one of a range of aquarium and pond plants that are now prohibited for sale because it can spread rapidly in natural waterways. It is widespread in New Zealand and has been here for more than 100 years.

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by Kate McCoombs

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Mike Scarsbrook rāua ko Kit Rutherford, Water quality – Problem plants and microbes, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/15530/canadian-pondweed (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Mike Scarsbrook rāua ko Kit Rutherford, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009, updated 18 July 2016.