| Common Name: | Purple loosestrife |
| Family: | Lythraceae |
| Genus: | Lythrum |
| Species: | salicaria |
| Classification/Rank: | Very Invasive |
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| Habitat/Range: | • aquatic invasive plant. • one common site documented near the Canfor sawmill in Houston; a 2008 inventory did not find the species |
• perennial herb from rhizome that grows 0.5 to 2.0m tall
• stems erect, simple to branched above
• basal leaves lacking; stem leaves opposite or sometimes alternate above, lance shaped, pointed at the tips, short hairy to soft hairy
• flowers are purple, 5 to 6 petals, bracted spikes
NWIPC's Annual Report for 2017 was released at our AGM in Smithers in October 2018. Check it out here.
Land owners and managers have long recognized the need to control invasive plants to limit their impacts. In May 2018, a new smartphone app...
