A pocket guide, from Penn State Extension, can help you select native alternatives for your water garden and avoid plants and animals likely to escape and cause problems. It features invasive species and their native alternatives, which are known to be native in Pennsylvania and the Mid-Atlantic region.

http://extension.psu.edu/natural-resources/water/ponds/aquatic-invasive-...

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