Tangled weeds: Challenges and management of invasive aquatic plants along the Flint - The Post-Searchlight

Tangled weeds: Challenges and management of invasive aquatic plants along the Flint - The Post-Searchlight

Aquatic plant life serves valuable roles in the Flint River ecosystem such as securing the river bottom and banks against erosion, producing oxygen, removing excess nutrients and providing both food and shelter for fish, crustaceans, mollusks and insects (fish food). Without the shoal spider lily, water willow, river weed, eel grass and many others, the Flint would not be the thriving ecosystem it is today. However, the system can rapidly spiral…