Specimen Information

Eichhornia crassipes
Eichhornia crassipes
(common water-hyacinth)
Plants
Exotic

Specimen ID1710376
GroupPlants
GenusEichhornia
Speciescrassipes
Common Namecommon water-hyacinth
StateAL
CountyLimestone
LocalityShallow water along margins of open, swampy area on W side of US 31 which is fed by outflow from large spring on E side of US 31; ca 3 mi N of jct US 31 and US 72A; ca 5 mi NNE of Decatur
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameWheeler Lake
HUC8 Number06030002
HUC10 NameSwan Creek-Wheeler Lake
HUC10 Number0603000211
HUC12 NameBakers Creek-Tennessee River
HUC12 Number060300021102
Map
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Collection Day25
Collection Month4
Collection Year2007
Year AccuracyActual
Reference 1
Ref. Number:28165
Author:Clark, J.L. (curator), J. Lopez-Bautista (curator), S. Ginzbarg, R.R. Haynes, and B. Keener.
Date:2009
Title:University of Alabama Herbarium (UNA)
Publisher:University of Alabama
Reference 2
Ref. Number:28331
Author:SEINet Portal Network.
Date:2021
Title:Southwest Environmental Information Network
Publisher:Symbiota Software Project, Arizona State University
CommentsPlants appear to have overwintered. https://swbiodiversity.org/seinet/collections/individual/index.php?occid=16802204&clid=0
Record TypeSpecimen
Earliest Recordcounty
DisposalHerbarium
Museum Cat NumberUNA00069669
VerifierS. Ginzbarg


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