Specimen Information

Najas minor
Najas minor
(brittle waternymph)
Plants
Exotic

Specimen ID1256888
GroupPlants
GenusNajas
Speciesminor
Common Namebrittle waternymph
StateNY
CountyMonroe
LocalityEast side of Salmon Creek Inlet to Braddock Bay
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameLake Ontario
HUC8 Number04280002
HUC10 NameAmherst Island-Frontal Lake Ontario
HUC10 Number0428000201
HUC12 NameAmherst Island-Frontal Lake Ontario
HUC12 Number042800020102
Map
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Collection Day27
Collection Month8
Collection Year1939
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayhitch hiker on small watercraft
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:16075
Author:Smithsonian Institution
Date:2019
Title:United States National Herbarium (US)
Publisher:Department of Botany, Smithsonian Institution
Reference 2
Ref. Number:28778
Author:Williams, R.C.F. (curator), J. Bala, and K. Holte.
Date:2009
Title:Ray J. Davis Herbarium (IDS)
Publisher:Idaho State University
Reference 3
Ref. Number:23865
Author:Meriläinen, J.
Date:1968
Title:Najas minor All. in North America
Journal:Rhodora
Volume:70
Issue:782
Pages:161-175
Reference 4
Ref. Number:703
Author:Mills, E.L., J.H. Leach, J.T. Carlton, and C.L. Secor
Date:1993
Title:Exotic species in the Great Lakes: a history of biotic crises and anthropogenic introductions
Journal:Journal of Great Lakes Research
Volume:19
Issue:1
Pages:1-54
CommentsUS 1814848
Record TypeSpecimen
Earliest Recorddrainage
DisposalRay J. Davis Herbarium; Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Museum Cat NumberIDS 0000431; US 1814848
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater
Year Classvegetative
Photo
Najas minor


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