Specimen Information

Hydrilla verticillata verticillata
Hydrilla verticillata verticillata
(whorled hydrilla)
Plants
Exotic

Specimen ID1406709
GroupPlants
GenusHydrilla
Speciesverticillata
Subspeciesverticillata
Common Namewhorled hydrilla
StateMO
CountyJohnson
LocalityPowell Gardens lake
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameBlackwater
HUC8 Number10300104
HUC10 NameUpper Blackwater River
HUC10 Number1030010401
HUC12 NameHeadwaters South Fork Blackwater River
HUC12 Number103001040102
Map
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Collection Month8
Collection Year2016
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayhitch hiker on aquatic plants
Statuseradicated
Reference 1
Ref. Number:29968
Author:KDKD.
Date:2017
Title:Don't spread the species
Publisher:KDKD - KXEA
Reference 2
Ref. Number:29969
Author:Nelson, M.
Date:2017
Title:Invasive plant species hydrilla causing problems in Missouri lakes
Publisher:KSHB
Comments"Hydrilla apparently arrived at the main lake at Powell Gardens in the soil of potted water lilies originating in Florida."
Record TypeLiterature
Earliest Recorddrainage
VerifierMissouri Department of Conservation
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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Citation information: U.S. Geological Survey. [2024]. Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database. Gainesville, Florida. Accessed [7/26/2024].

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