Specimen Information

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

Specimen ID269630
GroupPlants
GenusHydrilla
Speciesverticillata
Subspeciesperegrina
Common Namewandering hydrilla
StateME
CountyYork
LocalityPickerel Pond, in Limerick
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameSaco River
HUC8 Number01060002
HUC10 NameLittle Ossipee River
HUC10 Number0106000210
HUC12 NameBrown Brook
HUC12 Number010600021005
Map
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Collection Year2010
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayhitch hiker
Statuseradicated
Reference 1
Ref. Number:19231
Author:NewsTimes.com.
Date:2010
Title:Maine considers herbicide to control hydrilla.
Publisher:NewsTimes.com
Volume:2010
Issue:May 18
Pages:2 pp
Reference 2
Ref. Number:27781
Author:Netherland, M.D., and M. Greer.
Date:2014
Title:Establishing research and management priorities for monoecious hydrilla
Journal:APCRP Technical Notes Collection
Volume:ERDC/TN APCRP-MI-8
Pages:12 pp
CommentsOne of only two current hydrilla infestations in ME.
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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