Specimen Information

Hydrilla verticillata verticillata
Hydrilla verticillata verticillata
(whorled hydrilla)
Plants
Exotic

Specimen ID259157
GroupPlants
GenusHydrilla
Speciesverticillata
Subspeciesverticillata
Common Namewhorled hydrilla
StateKY
CountyKnott
LocalityCarr Creek Lake
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameNorth Fork Kentucky
HUC8 Number05100201
HUC10 NameCarr Fork
HUC10 Number0510020102
HUC12 NameIrishman Creek-Carr Fork
HUC12 Number051002010203
Map
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Collection Year1999
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayhitch hiker on small watercraft
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:18218
Author:Oster, R., K. Frey, and P. Rister.
Date:2008
Title:Hydrilla observations in Kentucky.
Journal:Aquatic Plant News.
Publisher:The Aquatic Plant Management Society, Vicksburg, MS
Volume:2008
Issue:89
Pages:3-4
Reference 2
Ref. Number:27716
Author:Rybicki, N., J.D. Kirshtein, and M.A. Voytek.
Date:2013
Title:Molecular techniques to distinguish morphologically similar Hydrilla verticillata, Egeria densa, Elodea nuttallii, and Elodea canadensis
Journal:Journal of Aquatic Plant Management
Volume:51
Issue:2
Pages:94-102
CommentsKY hydrilla assumed dioecious prior to 2008 introduction to Kentucky Reservoir
Record TypeLiterature
Earliest Recordcounty
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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