Specimen ID | 235690 |
Group | Plants |
Genus | Salvinia |
Species | molesta |
Common Name | giant salvinia |
State | GA |
County | Evans |
Locality | Shuman Pond |
Mapping Accuracy | Accurate |
HUC8 Name | Canoochee |
HUC8 Number | 03060203 |
HUC10 Name | Cedar Creek-Canoochee River |
HUC10 Number | 0306020304 |
HUC12 Name | Lower Cedar Creek |
HUC12 Number | 030602030407 |
Map | |
Collection Day | 6 |
Collection Month | 6 |
Collection Year | 2004 |
Year Accuracy | Actual |
Potential Pathway | hitch hiker on aquatic plants |
Status | eradicated |
Reference 1 |
Ref. Number: | 10702 |
Author: | Florida Museum of Natural History |
Date: | 2021 |
Title: | University of Florida Herbarium (FLAS) |
Publisher: | Florida Museum of Natural History |
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Comments | The owner cleaned out his garden pond and dumped the plants and fish from the garden pond into Shuman Pond. He purchased Eichhornia crassipes from the Home Depot in Savannah and it is possible that Salvinia was present in those plants. ; Associates: Eichhornia crassipes; Waterbody Size: ~ 9 acre CollectorNumber: Ted Will s.n.
Absent since 2017 - Chris Harper, GA DNR |
Record Type | Specimen |
Museum Cat Number | FLAS, GA, FCSC |
Verifier | Jacono, Colette |
Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |