Specimen Information

Lythrum salicaria
Lythrum salicaria
(purple loosestrife)
Plants
Exotic

Specimen ID1885216
GroupPlants
GenusLythrum
Speciessalicaria
Common Namepurple loosestrife
StateNJ
CountyMonmouth
Localityroadside ditch along Sharon Station Rd, north of Trenton Lakewood Rd
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameCrosswicks-Neshaminy
HUC8 Number02040201
HUC10 NameCrosswicks Creek
HUC10 Number0204020101
HUC12 NameDoctors Creek
HUC12 Number020402010104
Map
Collection Day22
Collection Month7
Collection Year2025
Year AccuracyActual
Statusestablished
CommentsI regularly travel the road for work and have not taken a properly identifiable photo while traveling the road. The identification was on visual observation. [shown on Google Street View in 2013-2023: https://maps.app.goo.gl/yudxBH96CpVsof6e9]
Record TypeNAS sighting report
VerifierIan Pfingsten
Number Collected6


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Citation information: U.S. Geological Survey. [2025]. Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database. Gainesville, Florida. Accessed [12/16/2025].

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