| Specimen ID | 236855 |
| Group | Plants |
| Genus | Salvinia |
| Species | molesta |
| Common Name | giant salvinia |
| State | TX |
| County | Marion |
| Locality | Caddo Lake drainage |
| Mapping Accuracy | Centroid |
| Centroid Type | HUC8 |
| HUC8 Name | Caddo Lake |
| HUC8 Number | 11140306 |
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| Collection Day | 4 |
| Collection Month | 9 |
| Collection Year | 2006 |
| Year Accuracy | Actual |
| Potential Pathway | hitch hiker on small watercraft | dispersed |
| Status | established |
| Reference 1 |
| Ref. Number: | 15967 |
| Author: | Anonymous |
| Date: | 2007 |
| Title: | Volunteers set precedent to control invasive exotic plant. |
| Publisher: | Texas Parks and Wildlife. |
| Volume: | 2007 |
| Issue: | January 16 |
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| Reference 2 |
| Ref. Number: | 16018 |
| Author: | Isaac, J. |
| Date: | 2007 |
| Title: | Funding needed to fight fern at Lake Caddo: residents learn how to battle giant salvinia. |
| Publisher: | The Lufkin Daily News, Lufkin, Texas. |
| Volume: | 2007 |
| Issue: | February 28 |
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| Reference 3 |
| Ref. Number: | 27946 |
| Author: | Brabham, C. |
| Date: | 2015 |
| Title: | Giant salvinia coverage on Caddo Lake up from 2014 |
| Publisher: | The Longview News-Journal |
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| Comments | Discovered in 2006. Treatment ongoing. Approximately 10 acres on Texas side of the lake in September 2006, which was subsequently sprayed with herbicides. |
| Record Type | Literature |
| Earliest Record | locale |
| Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |
| Size | 10 acres |
