Specimen Information

Nitellopsis obtusa
Nitellopsis obtusa
(starry stonewort)
Algae
Exotic

Specimen ID877694
GroupAlgae
GenusNitellopsis
Speciesobtusa
Common Namestarry stonewort
StateWI
CountyWaukesha
LocalityLittle Muskego Lake
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameUpper Fox
HUC8 Number07120006
HUC10 NameWind Lake Drainage
HUC10 Number0712000603
HUC12 NameLittle Muskego Lake
HUC12 Number071200060301
Map
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Collection Day16
Collection Month9
Collection Year2014
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayhitch hiker on small watercraft
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:27901
Author:Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WI DNR).
Date:2014
Title:Local effort underway to manage recently discovered invasive algae in southeast Wisconsin
Publisher:Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Reference 2
Ref. Number:27923
Author:Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WI DNR)
Date:2016
Title:Aquatic invasive species by waterbody
Publisher:Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Reference 3
Ref. Number:27924
Author:Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WI DNR).
Date:2017
Title:Lakes and rivers with invasives species
Publisher:Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Reference 4
Ref. Number:27926
Author:Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WI DNR)
Date:2015
Title:DNR, community groups coordinate efforts to manage starry stonewort in Little Muskego Lake
Publisher:Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Reference 5
Ref. Number:27965
Author:Ford-Stewart, J
Date:2015
Title:Aquatic experts gather to devise battle plan for new pest found in Little Muskego Lake
Publisher:Muskego Now
Volume:2015
Issue:February 12
Reference 6
Ref. Number:28178
Author:The New York Botanical Garden
Date:2018
Title:William and Lynda Steere Herbarium (NY)
Publisher:SEINet Data Portal
CommentsFound in low densities during PI survey in Barefoot Bay southwest of Idle Isle in Little Muskego Lake in 2014, but increased acreage in 2015. Dioecious, male plants only. NY 00739376 NY 00739377
Record TypeSpecimen
Earliest Recordstate
DisposalNYBG, UWSP Freckmann Herbarium,Wis State Herbarium, UW Madison
Museum Cat NumberNY 00739376, NY 00739377
VerifierK.G. Karol
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater
Photo
Nitellopsis obtusa
Nitellopsis obtusa


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