Aquatic Weed Control: Using Grass Carp

Carp, or white amur, have been used for aquatic vegetation control in Mississippi for the past two decades. These fish, used as a "biological control" for aquatic vegetation, can be effective and cost efficient when stocked at appropriate rates and when the problem-weed species is a plant preferred by carp. Although these fish are voracious herbivores, they exhibit preferences for the softer, low-fiber, high-moisture plants when given a choice. Even when there is no alternative, grass carp will not always provide adequate control of certain plants that they do not prefer to eat.

It is important to identify the problem plant(s) properly and to choose to stock grass carp only when the problem plants are those that grass carp are proven to control. A number of studies have determined grass carp preferences of the various common aquatic plants, and results from some of that work are summarized in this publication. In some cases, although grass carp are listed in the scientific literature as preferring a certain weed, field experience in Mississippi shows them to be ineffective on a consistent basis. Those plants that grass carp do not consistently control are rated as "low" in effectiveness (Table 1).

Table 1. Common Mississippi aquatic plants, preference by grass carp, and effectiveness in providing control in lakes and small impoundments  

Common Name

Scientific name

Preference

Effectiveness

Coontail


Ceratophyllum sp.

High

High

Bushy pondweed, Naiad Najas sp.

High

High

Arrowheads Sagittaria sp.

Moderate

Low

Willows Salix sp.

Low

Low

Spikerush Eleocharis sp.

Low

Low

Hairgrass, Slender spikerush Eleocharis acicularis

Moderate

High

Cattail Typha sp.

Low

Low

Pondweed Potamogeton sp.

Moderate

Moderate

Bladderwort Utricularia sp.

High

High

Fanwort Cambomba caroliniana

High

High

Parrotfeather Myriophyllum aquaticum

Moderate

Moderate

Water primerose Jussiea sp.

Low

Low

Smartweed Polygonum sp.

Low

Low

Filamentous algae Spirogyra sp., many others

Moderate

Low

Muskgrass (algae) Chara sp.

High

High

Stonewort (algae) Nitella sp.

High

High

Planktonic algae Many species

Low

Low

Alligatorweed Alternanthera philoxeroides

Low

Low

Hydrilla Hydrilla verticellata

High

High

Water hyacinth Eichornia crassipes

Low

Low

Duckweed Lemna sp., Spirodella sp.

High

Low

White waterlily Nymphaea odorata

Low

Low

American lotus Nelumbo lutea

Low

Low

Burreed Sparganium sp.

Low

Low

Bulrush Scirpus sp.

Low

Low

Elodea Egeria densa

High

High

Water fern Azolla caroliniana

Moderate

Low

Water cress Nasturtium officianale

Moderate

High

Spatterdock, Yellow cow lily Nuphar sp.

Low

Low

Sedges Cyperus sp.

Low

Low

Eurasian water milfoil Myriophyllum spicatum

Moderate

Moderate

Frogs-bit Limnobium spongii

Low

Low

Water hyssop Bacopa

Moderate

Low

Eelgrass Vallisneria americana

Low

Low

Watermeal Wolffia sp.

High

Low

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