Specimen Information

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

Specimen ID259159
GroupPlants
GenusHydrilla
Speciesverticillata
Subspeciesperegrina
Common Namewandering hydrilla
StateKY
CountyMarshall
LocalityKentucky Lake
Mapping AccuracyApproximate
HUC8 NameKentucky Lake
HUC8 Number06040005
Map
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Collection Year2008
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
Commentslargely dioecious since 2006, although small amounts of monoecious hydrilla found in 2008 surveys
Record TypeLiterature
Earliest Recordstate
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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