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Invasive SpeciesTypha angustifolia was FOUND

on 2010-08-24 in East Waterboro
Submitted by Transformers on Mon, 2009-11-16 at 10:43 am
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Field Notes

We went outside around 11:30 am on Tuesday, October,27 it was a cold, cloudy day. We are feeling happy because we found Narrow- leaved Cattails fairly fast, it was fun when we found them. We found about ten cattails in our quadrat.

Supporting evidence
Photo of my evidence.

The Cattails leaves are 1 to 1.5 cm. wide and their supposed to be 1 to 1.5 wide.

Photo of my evidence.

On the top of the Cattail the stem shows that there was a male Cattail, the stem was in between the male and female Cattails.

Photo of my evidence.

The Cattail was about 2 meters tall and their supposed to be around 2 meters tall.

Species Observation:
Species Looked For
Common name:
Narrow-leaved cattail
Scientific name:
Typha angustifolia
Was found?
I think I found it
Sampling method:
  • Quadrat (user-placement)
Place studied
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Latitude:
43.575200 ° N
Longitude:
-70.705300 ° W
Observation Site Information
A photo of our study site.
Name:
Transformers's visit to East Waterboro Pond Edge
Habitat:
Freshwater - In a pond or lake
Trip Information
Trip name:
East Waterboro Pond Edge
Trip date:
2010-08-24
Nearest town:
East Waterboro
Type of investigation:
Species Survey
Ecosystem:
Freshwater
MIDAS number:
Watershed:
Saco
Nearest waterbody:
Little Ossipee Lake
Photo of our sampling method.

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I'm going to go with yes!

Submitted by Swamp Queen on Thu, 09/15/2011 - 16:33.

I'm going to go with yes! Your description helped me decide. Great photo with the see-through ruler. A better photo showing flower parts would be helpful, but you gave a great description.

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