Specimen Information

Pistia stratiotes
Pistia stratiotes
(water lettuce)
Plants
Cryptogenic

Specimen ID239904
GroupPlants
GenusPistia
Speciesstratiotes
Common Namewater lettuce
StateSC
CountyBerkeley
LocalityGoose Creek Reservoir
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameCooper
HUC8 Number03050201
HUC10 NameCooper River
HUC10 Number0305020107
HUC12 NameGoose Creek
HUC12 Number030502010706
Map
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Collection Day15
Collection Month7
Collection Year2002
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayplanted ornamental | dispersed | released
Statusestablished
CommentsPersistent overwintering population; yearly application of herbicides continues to current date.
Record TypeNAS sighting report
Earliest Recordlocale
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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Citation information: U.S. Geological Survey. [2024]. Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database. Gainesville, Florida. Accessed [11/21/2024].

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