growth pattern in Africa...in both temperate and tropical regions. One species of water spangles ( Salvinia auriculata) became a major pest in India, blocking irrigation ditches and rice paddies. Another species ( S. molesta) within three years covered 520 square kilometres (200 square miles) of the artificial Lake Kariba in southern Africa, cutting off light and oxygen and thus killing other plant life...
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