Specimen Information

Alternanthera philoxeroides
Alternanthera philoxeroides
(alligatorweed)
Plants
Exotic

Specimen ID230746
GroupPlants
GenusAlternanthera
Speciesphiloxeroides
Common Namealligatorweed
StateTN
CountyHenry
LocalityKentucky Lake, on the shoreline, by the 5th fairway of Paris Landing State Park Golf Course.
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameKentucky Lake
HUC8 Number06040005
HUC10 NameStanding Rock Creek-Kentucky Lake
HUC10 Number0604000509
HUC12 NameEagle Creek
HUC12 Number060400050904
Map
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Collection Day5
Collection Month7
Collection Year1976
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayunknown
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:10577
Author:Wofford, Eugene, B.
Date:1977
Title:State Records and Other Recent Noteworthy Collections of Tennessee Plants II.
Journal:Castanea
Volume:42
Issue:3
Pages:190-193
Commentsearliest record for lower Tennessee River drainage, earliest record for northernmost inland station.habitat: shoreline CollectorNumber: Wofford 51818
Record TypeLiterature
Museum Cat Numberherb/Univ of Tennessee
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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