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Question |
Possible
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(a) |
Aquatic plant introduced: |
Common Name: |
Scientific Name: |
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| 1
(b) |
State / Agency: |
State: two letter
abbreviation |
Agency next to name |
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| 2 |
Name of Water Body? |
not constrained |
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| 3(a) |
Type of Water Body? |
reservoir |
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lake |
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pond |
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wetland |
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stream |
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quarry pond |
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oxbow |
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| 3
(b) |
Size of Water
Body (ac) ? |
any number |
not asked for originally |
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| 4
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Type of Prior Vegetation |
None |
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free
floating |
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floating leaf |
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emergent |
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submersed |
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shrubs/trees |
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| 4 (b) |
Species of prior vegetation |
bulrush |
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cattails |
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water willow |
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primrose |
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alligator weed |
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water lily |
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pondweed |
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arrowhead |
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coontail |
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Eurasion watermilfoil |
or
watermilfoil |
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chara |
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wild iris |
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water plantain |
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spike rush |
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horsetail |
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wild rice |
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cutgrass |
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reed canary grass |
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hydrilla |
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button bush |
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willow |
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naiad |
or Southern naiad |
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watermeal |
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spiderlily |
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parrot feather |
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rushes |
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panicums |
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eelgrass |
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maidencane |
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pennywort |
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knotgrass |
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giant reed |
or Phragmites |
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| 5
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Water Level Fluctuation? |
+'
any number |
example: "+10" |
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(Maximum annual level or |
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feet above normal?) |
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| 5
(b) |
Months in which above
occurs? |
Jan., Feb., March, etc. |
not March-May |
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| 5 (c) |
Duration of high water
(weeks)? |
any integer |
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| 5
(d) |
Minimum
annual level (feet |
"- any number" |
e.g. "-3" |
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below normal)? |
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| 5
(e) |
Duration of low water
(weeks) |
any integer |
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| 5
(f) |
Total fluctuation (feet) |
any number |
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( = difference between
minimum |
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and maximum water levels) |
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| 6 |
Estimated water clarity
(feet) |
< 1 ft |
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(mean Secchi disc reading?) |
1 - 2 ft |
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2 - 4 ft |
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4 - 8 ft |
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> 8 ft |
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| 6
(b) |
eliminate range of Secchi |
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| 7 |
Plant propagules? |
soil (seed bank) |
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seeds |
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fragments / cuttings |
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dormant tubers / rhizomes |
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whole plant - bare root |
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where do transplants go? |
whole plant - hand dug
w/soil on roots |
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whole plant - container
grown |
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whole plant - plugs |
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| 8 |
Plant source? |
wild stock |
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commercial collector |
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commercial nursery |
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government nursery |
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| 9 |
Planting month(s)? |
Jan, Feb, March etc. |
not Jan-March |
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| 10 |
Water temperature at
planting (F)? |
any integer |
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| 11 |
Planting depth in water
(feet) |
above water line |
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0 to 0.5 |
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0.5 to 1.0 |
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1.0 to 2.0 |
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2.0 to 3.0 |
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3.0 to 4.0 |
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> 4.0 |
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| 12 |
Predominate substrate? |
organic muck
(unconsolidated) |
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peat |
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soft mud |
same
as 'clay/silt' |
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sand |
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hard sand |
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gravel / cobble / rock |
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hard pan |
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| 13
(a) |
Wave protection used, if
any? |
None |
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unnecessary |
same as naturally present |
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tires |
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hay bales |
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silt fence |
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| 13
(b) and (c) |
eliminated (material used
and yes/no) |
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| 14
(a) |
Herbivory protection used,
if any? |
None |
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individual cages |
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larger
scale exclosures |
same as fencing |
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rotenone |
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| 14
(b) |
Fencing material used, if
any? |
wire mesh |
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plastic coated wire |
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snow fencing |
same
as wood/wire lattice |
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construction / orange
plastic |
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| 15 |
eliminated yes - no |
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| 16 |
Monitoring period, if any? |
None |
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< 3 months |
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< 1 year |
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1 - 2 years |
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2 - 3 years |
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3 - 5 years |
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> 5 years |
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| 16 |
Results? |
do not constrain answer |
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| 17 |
Explanation: |
do not constrain answer |
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| 18 |
Comments and Recommendations |
do not constrain answer |
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