Specimen ID | 878023 |
Group | Plants |
Genus | Hydrilla |
Species | verticillata |
Subspecies | peregrina |
Common Name | wandering hydrilla |
State | VA |
County | Chesterfield |
Locality | Swift Creek Reservoir |
Mapping Accuracy | Accurate |
HUC8 Name | Appomattox |
HUC8 Number | 02080207 |
HUC10 Name | Swift Creek |
HUC10 Number | 0208020709 |
HUC12 Name | Swift Creek Reservoir-Swift Creek |
HUC12 Number | 020802070901 |
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Collection Year | 2009 |
Year Accuracy | Actual |
Potential Pathway | hitch hiker on small watercraft |
Status | established |
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 |
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Reference 2 |
Ref. Number: | 32801 |
Author: | Thompson, C. |
Date: | 2019 |
Title: | Why 600 carp were dumped into the Swift Creek Reservoir |
Publisher: | WTVR |
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Comments | Discovered in 2009, possibly earlier. Biocontrol (grass carp) ongoing. |
Record Type | Literature |
Earliest Record | drainage |
Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |