Common Water-hyacinth

Eichhornia crassipes

Found in ponds, ditches, sluggish water. Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), South Central edition What its natural habitat tells you

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Severe harm

Not native to Mississippi. How scores work Is it native here?

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Light: Partial shade, Full sun
Soil moisture: Wet to standing water

Oshuna crassipes — whole photograph — Wilfredor · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Original photograph

Do not plant. Listed invasive in Mississippi.

At a glance

Bloom: June to September

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Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Life cycle · Leaves

This plant is missing most of its facts, so Quercus is looking them up in old botany books.

Recorded in 24 Mississippi counties.

Natural habitats

Places it grows wild. Not a planting requirement. Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

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Ponds, lakes and their shores

Still water and its edges: ponds, lakes, millponds and reservoirs.

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

Ground opened by people: roadsides, old fields, pastures, fencerows and lots.

All habitats

Also found with this plant

Wildlife whose habitat models include habitats this plant grows in, in Mississippi. Shared habitat, not food. 103 animals.

Ovenbird
Seiurus aurocapilla
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Sitta canadensis
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Rusty Blackbird
Euphagus carolinus
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Swainson's Warbler
Limnothlypis swainsonii
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Swamp Sparrow
Melospiza georgiana
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Tree Swallow
Tachycineta bicolor
Birds. 2 shared habitats
White Ibis
Eudocimus albus
Birds. 2 shared habitats
White-eyed Vireo
Vireo griseus
Birds. 2 shared habitats
White-throated Sparrow
Zonotrichia albicollis
Birds. 2 shared habitats
White-winged Dove
Zenaida asiatica
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Wilson's Warbler
Wilsonia pusilla
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Bewick's Wren
Thryomanes bewickii
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Blue-headed Vireo
Vireo solitarius
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Blue-winged Teal
Anas discors
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Broad-winged Hawk
Buteo platypterus
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Dunlin
Calidris alpina
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Great-tailed Grackle
Quiscalus mexicanus
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Lapland Longspur
Calcarius lapponicus
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutilla
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Little Blue Heron
Egretta caerulea
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Long-billed Dowitcher
Limnodromus scolopaceus
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Merlin
Falco columbarius
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Mottled Duck
Anas fulvigula
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Orange-crowned Warbler
Vermivora celata
Birds. 1 shared habitat

Widespread birds also seen here (33)

Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.

All wildlife of Mississippi

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

10CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including MS

Genus host records with ranges including MS · Eichhornia

Bellura densaPickerel Weed Border Moth, Pickerelweed Diver
Elophila obliteralisWaterlily Leafcutter Moth
Herpetogramma bipunctalisSouthern Beet Webworm, Two-Spotted Herpetogramma
Samea multiplicalisSalvinia Stem-borer Moth
Spilosoma virginicaVirginian Tiger Moth, Yellow Woolybear Moth, Yellow Bear
Spodoptera dolichosSweetpotato Armyworm, Dolichos Armyworm, Large Cotton Armyworm
Spodoptera eridaniaSouthern Armyworm Moth
Spodoptera frugiperdaFall Armyworm Moth
Spodoptera latifasciaOrange-Striped Armyworm, Velvet Armyworm Moth
Spodoptera ornithogalliYellow-Striped Armyworm Moth, Cotton Cutworm

Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)

—BeesSoutheastern regional records

—Specialist beesPollen specialists

1BirdsRecorded eating Eichhornia in Mississippi

Diet records by plant genus, from studies across North America. Not a record from this state. Birds whose range includes Mississippi, most records first.