Florida embraced water hyacinth for its purple flowers in the 1880s; after spreading past 120,000 acres, it was cut it to about 2,000 acres statewide
Florida welcomed water hyacinth for its purple flowers in the 1880s. By the early 1960s, it covered over 120,000 acres. Today it’s down to about 2,000 acres.
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