Specimen Information

Hydrilla verticillata peregrina
Hydrilla verticillata peregrina
(wandering hydrilla)
Plants
Exotic

Specimen ID1872538
GroupPlants
GenusHydrilla
Speciesverticillata
Subspeciesperegrina
Common Namewandering hydrilla
StateME
CountyYork
LocalityPickerel Pond
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameSaco River
HUC8 Number01060002
HUC10 NameLittle Ossipee River
HUC10 Number0106000210
HUC12 NameBrown Brook
HUC12 Number010600021005
Map
Collection Year2002
Year AccuracyActual
Reference 1
Ref. Number:43566
Author:Schaffner, B.
Date:2024
Title:Maine DEP Invasive Aquatic Plant Map
Publisher:Maine Department of Environmental Protection
CommentsMaine DEP. 2013-2016_ Hydrilla has been undetected. 2012_ DEP dive survey found one plant. 2010-2011_ DEP dive survey found no hydrilla. 2003-2010_ Hydrilla found throughout the lake, at least out to 6 feet deep.Herbicide treatments. Treatments suppressed hydrilla by 95% each year. DEP biologists survey following treatment for regrowth. Eradicated as of 2016
Record TypeLiterature


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