Specimen Information

Lythrum salicaria
Lythrum salicaria
(purple loosestrife)
Plants
Exotic

Specimen ID213670
GroupPlants
GenusLythrum
Speciessalicaria
Common Namepurple loosestrife
StateWV
CountyOhio
LocalityOhio River at Wheeling
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameUpper Ohio-Wheeling
HUC8 Number05030106
HUC10 NameShort Creek-Ohio River
HUC10 Number0503010612
HUC12 NameBoggs Run-Ohio River
HUC12 Number050301061205
Map
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Collection Year1878
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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