Lythrum salicaria


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Noun1.Lythrum salicaria - marsh herb with a long spike of purple flowersLythrum salicaria - marsh herb with a long spike of purple flowers; originally of Europe but now rampant in eastern United States
genus Lythrum, Lythrum - loosestrife
loosestrife - any of numerous herbs and subshrubs of the genus Lythrum
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We expected that swamp sparrows could be modeled using a non-linear (positive unimodal) relationship with Lythrum salicaria. Whitt et al.
One individual of Lythrum salicaria was found on our initial site visit and can also be controlled if immediate removal steps are taken.
The plants used in this study included the purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria), the common cattail (Tyhpa sp.), and a common wetland grass (Panicum sp.).
A study of multivariate selection on correlated characters in Lythrum salicaria indicated that there is a combination of stabilizing and directional selection on the timing of initial flowering, and strong directional selection favoring a long flowering duration (O'Neil 1997).
And the purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) - which which has edged out cattails and other prime waterfowl habitat along much of the Great Lakes shoreline - may have arrived in the early 1800s with sheep from Europe or as a cultivated plant.
Un o'r blodau sy'n cynnig lliw ydi llysiau'r milwr coch (Lythrum salicaria; purple loosestrife).
ex Steud.) and Reed Canarygrass (Phalaris arundinacea L.) were observed in a few scattered locations, and few plants of Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria L.) were observed.
Effects of lead contamination on the growth of Lythrum salicaria (purple loosestrife).
Host specificity and environmental impact of the weevil Hylobius transversovittatus, a biological control agent of purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria).
Althaea officinalis, Apium nodiflorum, Carex hispida, Cyperus longus, Eleocharis palustris, Eupatorium cannabinum, Glyceria notata, Iris pseudacorus, Juncus fontanesii, Juncus subnodulosus, Lythrum salicaria, Mentha aquatica, Phragmites australis, Polypogon monspeliensis, Scirpus lacustris subsp.
Morph frequency and floral variation in a heterostylous colonizing weed, Lythrum salicaria. Canadian J Botany 75:1034-45.
In Lythrum salicaria, the correlation between heights of successively visited plants exceeds 0.8 (Levin and Kerster 1973).