Invasive SpeciesPurple loosestrife

Lythrum salicaria
NOT FOUND by 42kl12
2012-10-17
E. Waterboro
ID Confirmed
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Field Notes
We took a 10-15 min. walk over to the CMP power line area on 10-16-12 to see if there was any purple loosestrife or lythrum Salicaria it was about 10 degrees celcius and sunny. I was one of the equipment carriers, sadly our group did not find loosestrife, but we did find a different plant. We know it is not loosestrife because it did not have a square stem and the stem was not smooth with hairs, also the leaves were way to big and there was only one leaf that looked like it had a stem stuck right through the middle, they were about 18 cm long and had little hairs on them. They were also diamond shaped and turning a brownish color. We don’t know what color the flowers are. From the information I just told you you can tell that this is not loosestrife but it is similar to it in some ways. submitted by: 42cg10 42al11 42kl12 42hm13
A sketch of our study site.
Supporting Evidence
Photo of my evidence.
The leaves are opposite not whorled.
Photo of my evidence.
The flowers are white instead of purple
Photo of my evidence.
The stems are round instead of square
Species Observation: Species Looked For
Did you find it?: 
I think I did not find it
Scientific name:
Lythrum salicaria
Common name:
Purple loosestrife
Sampling method: 
Transect
Photo of our sampling method.
Place Studied
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Latitude: 
N 43.571080 °
Longitude: 
W -70.705330 °
Observation Site Information
A photo of our study site.
Habitat: 
Upland - Field
Trip Information
Name:
CMP powerlines
Trip date: 
Wed, 2012-10-17 05:02
Town or city: 
E. Waterboro
Type of investigation: 
Species and Habitat Survey
Ecosystem: 
Upland
Watershed: 
Saco
Habitat Observations
Species diversity: 
3 different species
Evidence of vectors: 
People
Recent disturbance
Construction
atv's
Tree canopy cover: 
Open to 1/4 covered
Soil moisture: 
Moist

Comments

Submitted by SarahTreanorBois on Fri, 2012-10-19 11:36.

Great job. it looks like your

Great job. it looks like your plant is boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum). Nice sketch and description.

Submitted by 42hm13 on Tue, 2012-10-23 10:18.

thanks to all of our 9 fans

thanks to all of our 9 fans

Submitted by sniffly salamander on Fri, 2012-10-19 10:13.

Really like your sketch. It

Really like your sketch. It is clear you were looking closely at the characteristics of the plant, like those lance-shaped leaves.

Nice work!

Submitted by 42hm13 on Tue, 2012-10-23 10:12.

Thank you very much, my group

Thank you very much, my group and I worked very hard on this and your comments mean a lot to us so thank you

Submitted by 42cg10 on Tue, 2012-10-23 10:18.

My group worked super hard on

My group worked super hard on this! Your comments mean a lot to me and my group. Thank you , this was fun you should try it to! <3

Submitted by 42al11 on Mon, 2012-10-22 10:02.

Thanks glad you like it and

Thanks glad you like it and thanks for looking :D

Submitted by 42kl12 on Mon, 2012-10-22 09:51.

Thank you very much. I had a

Thank you very much. I had a lot of fun doing this