Invasive Plants in Natural Areas: Air Potato (Dioscorea bulbifera)

Stephen F. Enloe and Ken Langeland

Release Date: 8/17/2025

DOI: 10.32473/edis-ag112-2021

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Abstract

This publication discusses impacts, distribution, identification, and control of air potato. Written by Stephen F. Enloe and Ken Langeland, and published by the UF/IFAS Agronomy Department, revised December 2021.

About this Publication

This document is SS AGR 164, one of a series of the Department of Agronomy, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date May 2001. Revised March 2008, December 2017, December 2021, December 2024. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.

About the Authors

Stephen F. Enloe, professor; and Ken Langeland, professor emeritus, Department of Agronomy, UF/IFAS Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants; UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, FL 32611. M. J. Meisenburg contributed to the original publication.

How to Cite

Enloe, S. F., & Langeland, K. (2021). Invasive Plants in Natural Areas: Air Potato (Dioscorea bulbifera). EDIS, 2021(6). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-ag112-2021

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Kenneth Langeland

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Dioscorea bulbifera

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