Specimen Information

Butomus umbellatus
Butomus umbellatus
(flowering rush)
Plants
Exotic

Specimen ID1693764
GroupPlants
GenusButomus
Speciesumbellatus
Common Nameflowering rush
StateIL
CountyDuPage
LocalityMorton Arboretum, Springbrook Prairie Forest Preserve in Naperville, along a tributary of Springbrook Creek, south of 83rd Street and east of Book Road.
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameDes Plaines
HUC8 Number07120004
HUC10 NameDu Page River
HUC10 Number0712000408
HUC12 NameSpring Brook-Du Page River
HUC12 Number071200040806
Map
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Collection Day10
Collection Month7
Collection Year2009
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
CommentsGeoreference Sources: GeoLocate, Uncertainty: 1175ft. The plants were also observed to the west in the adjacent Springbrook Golf Course and other Naperville Park District Property. Observed in bloom July 10 and July 15, 2009.
Record TypeSpecimen
Museum Cat Number0054210MOR
VerifierGreat Lakes Invasives Network
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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