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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0><script type="text/javascript" src="/banner/banner.js"></script></script><script>tql_drawTop();</script> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=85 BGCOLOR="#00FF33" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="899" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#00FF00" BORDERCOLORDARK="#00BF00" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#9966CC > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 26 WIDTH="93"><div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Web Site Title"><U><B>HOME</B></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="127"><div> <A HREF="id2.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Introduction"><U><B>ABOUT</B></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="127"><div> <A HREF="id3.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B>HISTORY</B></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="123"><div> <A HREF="id4.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Structure"><U><B>FLOWER</B></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="122"><div> <A HREF="id6.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Problem"><U><B>PROBLEM</B></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B> </B><A HREF="id15.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="CONTROL"><U><B>SOLUTION</B></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="128"><div> <A HREF="id16.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Team"><U><B>TEAM</B></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=395 BGCOLOR="#9966CC" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>HISTORY </B></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="04eaffc0.jpg" border=0 width="175" height="252" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Picture by USDA</div> <div> <B>This South American native was introduced into Florida in the 1880s</B><B>.  </B><B>It is believed that the water hyacinth was introduced first into the United States at the World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition of 1884-1885 in Louisiana. A Florida visitor to the Exposition apparently returned home with water hyacinth plants and subsequently released them into the St. Johns River. From there it spread rapidly spread to neighboring states. </B><B>Water hyacinth has been in Africa, starting in  the River Nile, since the 1870's . Today you can find it in all warm, tropical places. But, people have brought water hyacinth in colder regions too. </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#33FF33" FACE="Lucida Calligraphy" ><B>Today some places, like Texas, do not allow you to have water hyacinths because they are afraid it will spread all over the lakes and rivers.</B></FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div>  </div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table><script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-174705-4']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; (document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0] || document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0]).appendChild(ga); })(); </script></body>