How to Use hydrilla in a Sentence

hydrilla

noun

• To get the Kissimmee grass and hydrilla to grow back, the lake level needs to be 11 feet.
  — Steve Waters, miamiherald, 1 June 2018
• The big worms are worked in and around the edges of thick hydrilla beds or other cover.
  — Shannon Tompkins, Chron, 11 June 2021
• That morning was still as my kayak cut through the hydrilla and into a canal.
  — Kristine Fischer, Outdoor Life, 12 Nov. 2020
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Those fed hydrilla with the cyanobacteria got brain lesions like the eagles.
  — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 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
• In the coming months, Leesburg will teach her baby where to munch on water hyacinth and hydrilla.
  — Jason Ruiter, OrlandoSentinel.com, 24 Aug. 2017
• Those measures, along with a yearslong drought, wiped out the hydrilla completely.
  — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2021
• These carp live several years and eat the hydrilla, but are unable to reproduce.
  — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2021
• Kerslake said bass have been spawning in the shallow area, which has lily pads, slender reeds known as buggy whips and scattered hydrilla and Kissimmee grass.
  — Steve Waters, miamiherald, 1 June 2018
• Subjecting hydrilla to three hard freezes causes the nodes to burst, which neutralizes spreading.
  — Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 30 Oct. 2022
• 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
• The weed is hydrilla, an aquatic plant initially imported and sold as an aquarium plant in the 1950s that has become one of the world’s most invasive plants.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 30 Nov. 2021
• The 72 Heavy Moderate Legend Glass rod has enough tip to rip the bait out of grass, enough backbone to hoist big fish out of the grass, and that parabolic bend to help keep those hydrilla gorillas pinned.
  — Kristine Fischer, Outdoor Life, 17 Dec. 2020
• 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
• 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
• The 2011 drought exacerbated the hydrilla issue and stockings ramped up.
  — Matt Wyatt, San Antonio Express-News, 28 Jan. 2021
• The shallow waters are choked by hydrilla, an invasive seaweed.
  — John Kelly, Washington Post, 7 Aug. 2019
• Buzzbaits, chatterbaits and spinnerbaits are all effective in scattered grass, while weedless frogs do the job in thicker hydrilla and weed mats.
  — Frank Sargeant, al, 1 Oct. 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
• Wilde suspects one local source might be an herbicide, diquat dibromide, that is used to kill hydrilla.
  — Erik Stokstad, Science | AAAS, 25 Mar. 2021
• 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
• Areas that clear first are typically those that are well away from muddy creek inflows, and those that are surrounded by hydrilla and coontail, which tend to suck the mud out of the water and clarify it.
  — Joe Songer, AL.com, 15 Feb. 2018
• 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
• Paddle shallowly, Martinez advises; still, strands of hydrilla hang from my paddle.
  — Amy Brecount White, chicagotribune.com, 20 Sep. 2019
• 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

Last Updated: 25 Aug 2024