Introduction
Water chestnut (Trapa natans) is an invasive aquatic weed that can take over and dominate ponds, shallow lakes, and river margins. Water chestnut which also goes by the picturesque local names of "devil nut", "death flower", and "water caltrop" was first introduced to North America in 1886 by a priest named J.H Wibbe who planted it for ornamental reasons in Sanders Pond located in Schenectady New York.(12) Since then the water chestnut has spread to many other areas in the north eastern United states including Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington D.C. In the summer of 2006 the water chestnut was also discovered in Goodyear Lake in Milford New York. Figure 1 below shows the current distribution of water chestnut in the United States. (2)
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The chestnut is native to Europe, Asia and Africa and grows best in shallow, nutrient-rich lakes and rivers with a pH......
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