Specimen Information

Lythrum salicaria
Lythrum salicaria
(purple loosestrife)
Plants
Exotic

Specimen ID213574
GroupPlants
GenusLythrum
Speciessalicaria
Common Namepurple loosestrife
StatePA
CountyAllegheny
LocalityHighwood Cemetary
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameUpper Ohio
HUC8 Number05030101
HUC10 NameMontour Run-Ohio River
HUC10 Number0503010103
HUC12 NameKilbuck Run-Ohio River
HUC12 Number050301010303
Map
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Collection Year1901
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayunknown
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:10063
Author:Shafer, J.A.
Date:1901
Title:A preliminary list of the vascular flora of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
Journal:Annals of the Carnegie Museum
Volume:1
Pages:1-127
Commentstype intro = escape cultivation. CollectorNumber: Shafer s.n.
Record TypeLiterature
Museum Cat Numberherb/
Verifier
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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