Specimen Information

Lythrum salicaria
Lythrum salicaria
(purple loosestrife)
Plants
Exotic

Specimen ID244207
GroupPlants
GenusLythrum
Speciessalicaria
Common Namepurple loosestrife
StateMN
CountyOtter Tail
LocalityAnna Lake Co Rd 35
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameOtter Tail
HUC8 Number09020103
HUC10 NameCity of Fergus Falls-Otter Tail River
HUC10 Number0902010309
HUC12 NameFish Lake
HUC12 Number090201030902
Map
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Collection Month8
Collection Year1988
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayunknown
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:17446
Author:Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission (GLIFWC).
Date:2017
Title:Exotic Species Information Center.
Publisher:Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission
Comments>1000 plants, 8 acres, chemical control 1991. 1996: sprayed about 300 plants around Lk but adjacent grazed pastures are still bad and untreated;
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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