Specimen Information

Butomus umbellatus
Butomus umbellatus
(flowering rush)
Plants
Exotic

Specimen ID1711818
GroupPlants
GenusButomus
Speciesumbellatus
Common Nameflowering rush
StateWA
CountySpokane
LocalityRock Creek on private property approximately one mile downstream of the town of Rockford
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameHangman
HUC8 Number17010306
HUC10 NameMiddle Hangman Creek
HUC10 Number1701030602
HUC12 NameLower Rock Creek
HUC12 Number170103060207
Map
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Collection Day22
Collection Month9
Collection Year2022
Year AccuracyActual
CommentsThis is the presumed high point of flowering rush in the Spokane River watershed. Flowering rush is present downstream in Hangman Creek, Lake Spokane and Nine Mile Reservoir. Flowering rush was likely introduced by a Water Garden business in Rockford, WA in the 1990s that was located about 1 mile upstream of the highpoint. A 1996 article in the Spokanesman Review newspaper can be found by searching Rockford Water Gardens A Haven For Pond Lovers, Pond Dwellers.
Record TypeNAS sighting report
Earliest Recorddrainage
VerifierIan Pfingsten
Number Collected1000
Photo
Butomus umbellatus
Butomus umbellatus


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