Specimen Information

Trapa natans
Trapa natans
(water chestnut)
Plants
Exotic

Specimen ID235733
GroupPlants
GenusTrapa
Speciesnatans
Common Namewater chestnut
StateMA
CountyWorcester
LocalityBare Hill Pond, near the town of Harvard
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameNashua River
HUC8 Number01070004
HUC10 NameHeadwaters Nashua River
HUC10 Number0107000402
HUC12 NameMulpus Brook-Nashua River
HUC12 Number010700040205
Map
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Collection Year1999
Year AccuracyEstimated
Potential Pathwayhitch hiker
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:15868
Author:Shnitzler, N.
Date:2006
Title:Invasive species threatens pond.
Publisher:The Harvard Press, Boston Massachusetts.
Volume:2006
Issue:June 16
CommentsPresent in the pond at least ten years, with control efforts (hand-pulling) keeping the populations mainly in marshy areas like Great South Bay and Clapps Brook.
Record TypeLiterature
Earliest Recordlocale
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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