How to Use hydrilla in a Sentence

hydrilla

noun
  • That morning was still as my kayak cut through the hydrilla and into a canal.
    — Kristine Fischer, Outdoor Life, 12 Nov. 2020
  • The big worms are worked in and around the edges of thick hydrilla beds or other cover.
    — Shannon Tompkins, Chron, 11 June 2021
  • Some fish are also being caught on the outside of the hydrilla beds on flukes and swimjigs.
    — Frank Sargeant, al, 27 Aug. 2021
  • To confirm that hunch, Wilde and colleagues fed hydrilla to mallards in the lab.
    — Erik Stokstad, Science | AAAS, 25 Mar. 2021
  • Those fed hydrilla with the cyanobacteria got brain lesions like the eagles.
    — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2021
  • To get the Kissimmee grass and hydrilla to grow back, the lake level needs to be 11 feet.
    — Steve Waters, miamiherald, 1 June 2018
  • Those measures, along with a yearslong drought, wiped out the hydrilla completely.
    — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2021
  • Davis said most of his fish came from one 20-yard near-shore stretch of milfoil surrounded by hydrilla.
    — Frank Sargeant, AL.com, 15 Oct. 2017
  • These carp live several years and eat the hydrilla, but are unable to reproduce.
    — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2021
  • Topwaters work over the beds, above hydrilla and coontail that has not topped out and along hard edges like seawalls and riprap banks.
    — Joe Songer, AL.com, 30 Apr. 2018
  • In the coming months, Leesburg will teach her baby where to munch on water hyacinth and hydrilla.
    — Jason Ruiter, OrlandoSentinel.com, 24 Aug. 2017
  • The shallow waters are choked by hydrilla, an invasive seaweed.
    — John Kelly, Washington Post, 7 Aug. 2019
  • Subjecting hydrilla to three hard freezes causes the nodes to burst, which neutralizes spreading.
    — Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 30 Oct. 2022
  • Don't dump bait or water from one location to another, as fragments of hydrilla can mingle with it.
    — Ayana Archie, The Courier-Journal, 25 Mar. 2021
  • Wilde suspects one local source might be an herbicide, diquat dibromide, that is used to kill hydrilla.
    — Erik Stokstad, Science | AAAS, 25 Mar. 2021
  • The once-superb fishery had greatly diminished after moves to deal with out-of-control hydrilla.
    — Matt Wyatt, San Antonio Express-News, 28 Jan. 2021
  • Wilde points to recent success managing the weed without chemicals, by stocking lakes with fish that eat hydrilla.
    — Erik Stokstad, Science | AAAS, 25 Mar. 2021
  • The lake is also lush with hydrilla, and the invasive snails thrive on the plants, feeding on its leaves and scaling its stalks for a breath of fresh air at the surface.
    — National Geographic, 18 May 2016
  • During the summer growing season, hydrilla produces oxygen, as do all plants do, and its stems and branches provide a refuge for fish.
    — Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 8 July 2024
  • Sawgrass edges, thick mats of hydrilla, and other forms of river grass or pads affected by tides provide excellent habitat for bowfins.
    — Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 6 Apr. 2020
  • When native vegetation is stripped, other invasive species, like hydrilla, can move in and make the area homogenous.
    — Ayana Archie, The Courier-Journal, 25 Mar. 2021
  • Keeney Cove is where the local hydrilla was first found in 2016 by a group of amateur scientists on a field trip.
    — Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 5 Aug. 2024
  • Aquatic vegetation like eelgrass, hydrilla and duckweed are crucial to the ecology of a spring.
    — Kathryn Varn, Axios, 2 Aug. 2024
  • Paddle shallowly, Martinez advises; still, strands of hydrilla hang from my paddle.
    — Amy Brecount White, chicagotribune.com, 20 Sep. 2019
  • Tiny fragments of hydrilla that attach to trailers and hulls can survive days out of water and are believed, just over the last year, to have transplanted the weed to seven state lakes and ponds.
    — Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 27 June 2024
  • Carter has been finding some jumbo bass this winter by keying on the outside of the normal action zone, the area where even the most persistent hydrilla dies out due to lack of sunlight.
    — Frank Sargeant, al, 31 Jan. 2021
  • One is Central Arkansas Water's plan to eliminate hydrilla in the lake.
    — Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 30 Oct. 2022
  • Flats with lots of stumps and blowdowns, or with hydrilla, lily pads and other vegetation, are particularly attractive.
    — Cheryl Wray, AL.com, 11 Feb. 2018
  • The 2011 drought exacerbated the hydrilla issue and stockings ramped up.
    — Matt Wyatt, San Antonio Express-News, 28 Jan. 2021
  • By early summer, assuming plants like hydrilla and milfoil have grown in, muskies will gravitate to weedy areas in roughly 3- to 8-feet of water.
    — Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 25 Apr. 2023

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