Specimen Information

Nasturtium officinale
Nasturtium officinale
(water-cress)
Plants
Exotic

Specimen ID1693015
GroupPlants
GenusNasturtium
Speciesofficinale
Common Namewater-cress
StateIL
CountyCook
LocalityIn a spring-fed ditch on the N side of Bluff Rd., 1/4 mi E of the parking area for Black Partridge Woods Forest Preserve, 0.1 mi W of the S-curve and ca 1 mi W of Lemont., N of Lemont.
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameDes Plaines
HUC8 Number07120004
HUC10 NameChicago Sanitary and Ship Canal-Des Plaines River
HUC10 Number0712000407
HUC12 NameGoose Lake-Des Plaines River
HUC12 Number071200040706
Map
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Collection Day21
Collection Month6
Collection Year1991
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayunknown
Statusunknown
Reference 1
Ref. Number:27378
Author:Cranberg, C., and R. Keller
Date:2020
Title:Illinois Database of Aquatic Non-native Species
Publisher:School of Environmental Sustainability, Loyola University Chicago
Reference 2
Ref. Number:18446
Author:Morton Arboretum
Date:2017
Title:Morton Arboretum Herbarium (MOR)
Publisher:SEINet Data Portal
Volume:2009
CommentsAlmost a mile to the W of where this variety was collected in 1975, that site having been destroyed shortly thereafter.
Record TypeSpecimen
Museum Cat Number0011552MOR
VerifierGreat Lakes Invasives Network
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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