Specimen Information

Lythrum salicaria
Lythrum salicaria
(purple loosestrife)
Plants
Exotic

Specimen ID213556
GroupPlants
GenusLythrum
Speciessalicaria
Common Namepurple loosestrife
StateNY
CountyCayuga
LocalityCayuga Lake
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameSeneca
HUC8 Number04140201
HUC10 NameYawger Creek-Cayuga Lake
HUC10 Number0414020112
HUC12 NameShelldrake Creek-Cayuga Lake
HUC12 Number041402011201
Map
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Collection Year1869
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwaycanal
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:10051
Author:Stuckey, R.L.
Date:1980
Title:Distributional history of Lythrum salicaria (purple loosestrife) in North America.
Journal:Bartonia
Volume:47
Pages:3-20
Reference 2
Ref. Number:10057
Author:Dudley, W.R.
Date:1886
Title:The Cayuga flora. Part 1: A catalogue of the Phaenogamia growing in cultivation in the Cayuga Lake basin.
Publisher:Cornell University Bulletin
Pages:192 p.
Record TypeLiterature
Verifier
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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