Specimen Information

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

Specimen ID252511
GroupPlants
GenusHydrilla
Speciesverticillata
Subspeciesperegrina
Common Namewandering hydrilla
StateVA
CountyFranklin
LocalitySmith Mountain Lake, Crazy Horse Cove
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameUpper Roanoke
HUC8 Number03010101
HUC10 NameLower Blackwater River
HUC10 Number0301010106
HUC12 NameBull Run-Smith Mountain Lake
HUC12 Number030101010603
Map
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Collection Day1
Collection Month7
Collection Year2007
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayhitch hiker on small watercraft | released aquarium
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:17887
Author:Tarbell, D., and Associates, Inc.
Date:2007
Title:Native and exotic submerged aquatic vegetation study.
Publisher:Appalachian Power Company
Volume:2007
Issue:December
Pages:82 pp
Commentssystemic herbicide was used in the Crazy Horse Cove; topical herbicide used on six or seven other locations around the lake
Record TypeLiterature
Earliest Recordcounty
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater
Size140 acres


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Citation information: U.S. Geological Survey. [2024]. Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database. Gainesville, Florida. Accessed [4/26/2024].

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