Specimen Information

Lythrum salicaria
Lythrum salicaria
(purple loosestrife)
Plants
Exotic

Specimen ID213586
GroupPlants
GenusLythrum
Speciessalicaria
Common Namepurple loosestrife
StateIN
CountyLake
LocalityWabash railway, west of Aetna
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameLittle Calumet-Galien
HUC8 Number04040001
HUC10 NameCalumet Sag Channel-Little Calumet River
HUC10 Number0404000106
HUC12 NameHeadwaters Grand Calumet River
HUC12 Number040400010604
Map
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Collection Year1900
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayunknown
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:10051
Author:Stuckey, R.L.
Date:1980
Title:Distributional history of Lythrum salicaria (purple loosestrife) in North America.
Journal:Bartonia
Volume:47
Pages:3-20
Reference 2
Ref. Number:10096
Author:Pepoon, H.S.
Date:1927
Title:An annotated flora of the Chicago area.
Publisher:Chicago Academy of Science, Chicago.
Pages:554 pp
Record TypeLiterature
Verifier
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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