Specimen Information

Lythrum salicaria
Lythrum salicaria
(purple loosestrife)
Plants
Exotic

Specimen ID213349
GroupPlants
GenusLythrum
Speciessalicaria
Common Namepurple loosestrife
StateWA
LocalityPuget Sound (HUC6) non-specific
Mapping AccuracyCentroid
Centroid TypeHUC6
HUC8 NamePuget Sound
HUC8 Number17110000
Map
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Collection Year1985
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayunknown
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:10004
Author:Thompson, D.Q., R.L. Stucky, and E.B. Thompson.
Date:1987
Title:Spread, impact, and control of purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) in North American wetlands.
Publisher:U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center, Jamestown, ND.
Pages:55 pp
Record TypeLiterature
Verifier
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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