Apparent Herbivory and Indigenous Pathogens of Invasive Flowering Rush (Butomus umbellatus L.) in the Pacific Northwest

• Main Authors: Harms, Nathan E, Shearer, Judy F
• Other Authors: ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS VICKSBURG MS ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Biology; Microbiology; Hydrology; Limnology and Potamology; *AQUATIC PLANTS; *PATHOGENIC MICROORGANISMS; DAMAGE; ECOSYSTEMS; INVASIVE SPECIES(FLORA); BUTOMUS UMBELLATUS L; FLOWERING RUSH; HERBIVORE DAMAGE; Lawrence River; Pacific; Butomus umbellatus
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA619012; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA619012

Butomus umbellatus L. (Butomaceae; flowering rush) is an invasive aquatic monocot of Eurasian origin, first observed in North America in the Saint Lawrence River in the late 1800s. The earliest U.S. populations were reported from River Rouge, MI in 1918 (Anderson et al. 1974) and subsequently throug...