Specimen Information

Hydrilla verticillata peregrina
Hydrilla verticillata peregrina
(wandering hydrilla)
Plants
Exotic

Specimen ID250408
GroupPlants
GenusHydrilla
Speciesverticillata
Subspeciesperegrina
Common Namewandering hydrilla
StateNC
CountyLincoln
LocalityLake Norman near Charlotte [Catawba River]
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameUpper Catawba
HUC8 Number03050101
HUC10 NameLower Lake Norman
HUC10 Number0305010112
HUC12 NameCatawba River-Lake Norman
HUC12 Number030501011204
Map
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Collection Year1999
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayhitch hiker on small watercraft | released aquarium
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:17872
Author:Hough, B.
Date:2008
Title:Carp hope to control hydrilla problem.
Publisher:News 14 Carolina, Raleigh, NC.
Volume:2008
Issue:May 21
Reference 2
Ref. Number:17873
Author:Kotula, M.
Date:2007
Title:Worriesome weed invades Lake Wylie.
Publisher:WCNCcom, Charlotte, NC.
Volume:2007
Issue:August 9
Comments6,000 Asian grass carp stocked in control effort to control 500 acres of hydrilla. Treatment seemed effective by end of summer 2004, but some hydrilla still present.
Record TypeLiterature
Earliest Recordcounty
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater
Size500 acres
Photo
Hydrilla verticillata


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