Specimen Information

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

Specimen ID878023
GroupPlants
GenusHydrilla
Speciesverticillata
Subspeciesperegrina
Common Namewandering hydrilla
StateVA
CountyChesterfield
LocalitySwift Creek Reservoir
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameAppomattox
HUC8 Number02080207
HUC10 NameSwift Creek
HUC10 Number0208020709
HUC12 NameSwift Creek Reservoir-Swift Creek
HUC12 Number020802070901
Map
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Collection Year2009
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayhitch hiker on small watercraft
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:27997
Author:McConnell, J.
Date:2015
Title:Hydrilla returns to take over reservoir, carp can’t keep up
Publisher:Chesterfield Observer
Reference 2
Ref. Number:32801
Author:Thompson, C.
Date:2019
Title:Why 600 carp were dumped into the Swift Creek Reservoir
Publisher:WTVR
CommentsDiscovered in 2009, possibly earlier. Biocontrol (grass carp) ongoing.
Record TypeLiterature
Earliest Recorddrainage
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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