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Lythrum salicaria
(purple loosestrife)
Plants
Exotic to United States


Specimen ID232453
GroupPlants
GenusLythrum
Speciessalicaria
Common Namepurple loosestrife
StateOH
CountyLucas
LocalityMetzger Marsh, 300 ha restored wetland in an embayment in western Lake Erie, approx. 18 km east of Toledo, within boundaries of refuges of the US Fish and Wildlife Service and the Ohio Division of Wildlife
HUC8 NameCedar-Portage
HUC8 Number4100010
Latitude41.644214
Longitude-83.245759
Lat-Long SourceGNIS
Lat-Long Accuracyaccurate
Map
Year1998
Year Accuracy (Specimen)Actual
Primary PathwayUnknown
Statusestablished
Reference #1
Ref. Number10758
AuthorWilcox, D.A. and T.H. Whillans.
date1999
titleTechniques for restoration of disturbed coastal wetlands of the Great Lakes.
journalWetlands
publisherThe Society of Wetland Scientists.
vol19
issue4
pages835-857
Fresh/Marine IntroductionFreshwater





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