| Specimen ID | 1256867 |
| Group | Plants |
| Genus | Salvinia |
| Species | molesta |
| Common Name | giant salvinia |
| State | LA |
| County | St. Martin |
| Locality | Henderson Lake |
| Mapping Accuracy | Accurate |
| HUC8 Name | Atchafalaya |
| HUC8 Number | 08080101 |
| HUC10 Name | Middle Atchafalaya River |
| HUC10 Number | 0808010102 |
| HUC12 Name | Henderson Lake |
| HUC12 Number | 080801010207 |
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| Collection Year | 2012 |
| Year Accuracy | Actual |
| Potential Pathway | hitch hiker on small watercraft | escaped captivity pond | released aquarium |
| Status | established |
| Reference 1 |
| Ref. Number: | 28736 |
| Author: | David, J.T., M. Walker, and B. Salyers. |
| Date: | 2014 |
| Title: | Part VI-A, waterbody management plan series: Henderson Lake - lake history & management issues |
| Publisher: | Office of Fisheries, Inland Fisheries Section, Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheries |
| Pages: | 28 pp |
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| Reference 2 |
| Ref. Number: | 28737 |
| Author: | Molloy, B. |
| Date: | 2016 |
| Title: | Henderson Mayor lowering lake levels to save wildlife |
| Publisher: | KATC.com |
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| Comments | Discovered in fall of 2012. Treatment ongoing in 2016. |
| Record Type | Literature |
| Earliest Record | locale |
| Verifier | LA DWF |
| Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |
| Size | 8 acres (sprayed) |
