Specimen Information

Eichhornia crassipes
Eichhornia crassipes
(common water-hyacinth)
Plants
Exotic

Specimen ID228609
GroupPlants
GenusEichhornia
Speciescrassipes
Common Namecommon water-hyacinth
StateGA
CountyDougherty
LocalityLake Worth at Muckalee Creek, Sowega Slough and 60 acre cove.
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameKinchafoonee-Muckalee
HUC8 Number03130007
HUC10 NameMuckafoonee Creek-Muckalee Creek
HUC10 Number0313000710
HUC12 NameMachalee Creek-Lake Worth
HUC12 Number031300071003
Map
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Collection Month9
Collection Year1979
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayunknown
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:10240
Author:Aurand, D.
Date:1982
Title:Nuisance Aquatic Plants and Aquatic Plant Management Programs in the United States.
Publisher:The MITRE Corporation, McLean, VA.
Volume:2, Southeast
Pages:359
Reference 2
Ref. Number:10209
Author:Thomaston, W.W.
Date:1984
Title:The status of undesirable aquatic weeds in Georgia during 1983.
Journal:Aquatics
Volume:6
Issue:1
Pages:9-10
Reference 3
Ref. Number:10103
Author:Bayne, D.R.
Date:1979
Title:The most troublesome aquatic weeds of Alabama.
Journal:Proceedings of the Southern Weed Science Society
Volume:32
Pages:280-283
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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