Specimen Information

Hydrilla verticillata peregrina
Hydrilla verticillata peregrina
(wandering hydrilla)
Plants
Exotic

Specimen ID1322426
GroupPlants
GenusHydrilla
Speciesverticillata
Subspeciesperegrina
Common Namewandering hydrilla
StateNY
CountyCayuga
LocalityCayuga Lake, near Wells College dock, Aurora
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameSeneca
HUC8 Number04140201
HUC10 NameYawger Creek-Cayuga Lake
HUC10 Number0414020112
HUC12 NamePaines Creek-Cayuga Lake
HUC12 Number041402011202
Map
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Collection Day13
Collection Month9
Collection Year2016
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayhitch hiker on small watercraft
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:29086
Author:Balyszak, J.A.
Date:2016
Title:Formal announcement of hydrilla discovery in Aurora, NY (Wells College Bay)
Publisher:Cornell Cooperative Extension-Tompkins Education Center
Pages:3 pp
Reference 2
Ref. Number:29799
Author:Steecker, M.
Date:2017
Title:Hydrilla threat: 27 acres of plant found in Cayuga
Publisher:Ithaca Journal
Comments"Prior to this discovery, the only known population of hydrilla within the Cayuga Lake Watershed was at the southern end of Cayuga Lake (Ithaca, NY)" Associates: Elodea canadensis, Nitellopsis obtusa, Myriophyllum spicatum, and Vallisneria americana
Record TypeLiterature
Earliest Recordcounty
VerifierBob Johnson, Racine-Johnson Aquatic Ecologists
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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