Specimen Information

Hydrilla verticillata peregrina
Hydrilla verticillata peregrina
(wandering hydrilla)
Plants
Exotic

Specimen ID229950
GroupPlants
GenusHydrilla
Speciesverticillata
Subspeciesperegrina
Common Namewandering hydrilla
StateVA
CountyFairfax
LocalityDyke Marsh, Potomac River.
Mapping AccuracyApproximate
HUC8 NameMiddle Potomac-Anacostia-Occoquan
HUC8 Number02070010
Map
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Collection Year1982
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayunknown
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:10480
Author:McFarland, D.G., and J.W. Barko.
Date:1996
Title:Investigations of the Production, Transport, and Survival of Monoecious Hydrilla Propagules in the Tidal Potomac River.
Journal:Technical Report A-96-7
Publisher:US Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, MS.
Volume:A-96-6
Issue:96-7
Pages:31
Reference 2
Ref. Number:10650
Author:Steward, K.K., T.K. Van, V. Carter, and A.H. Pieterse
Date:1984
Title:Hydrilla invades Washington, D.C. and the Potomac.
Journal:American Journal of Botany
Volume:71
Issue:1
Pages:162-163
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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