Myriophyllum heterophyllum was not in the Flora of Maine as printed in 1998.
It was, however, included in the 2000 and 2001 addenda, albeit without a
common name given. See the Woodlot Alternatives web site
(http://www.woodlotalt.com) for a .pdf download of the 2001 version.

I will add a question to the discussion. I have seen a lot about
transporting invasive exotic aquatics from one body of water to another by
boat, but I haven't heard anything about aircraft. Are they, perhaps, not a
problem for one reason or another?

Tom

Thomas F. Vining
(207) 266-5748 = (207) BOOKS-4-U
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V. F. Thomas Co.
P. O. Box 281
Bar Harbor, Maine  04609-0281

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>From: The Ledlies <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Myriophyllum Question
>Date: Sun,9 Sep, 2001, 2:38 PM
>

> What with the Milfoil police out in force, I need help.
>
> I see references - most recently in the Sunday Portland Press Herald - to
> Variable watermilfoil . I had assumed that the plant in question is
> M.heterophyllum - Crow and Hellquist don't seem to always give common names
> but Magee calls it Diverse-leaved. However, I don't see it on the Maine
> Checklist or in the FLORA OF MAINE. Nor did I find any indications of
> recent taxonomic changes. But there are 14 records on the Herbarium Web
> Site - which incidentally is very, very slick.
>
> Would someone straighten me out?
>
> Another milfoil question. There were reports in the paper that M.spicatum
> had been identified on a boat that was about to be put into Crystal Lake
> outside of Gray, but the name of the person who did the identification was
> never given.  Do we know that the plant was actually correctly identified
> by a botanist?
> Pat Ledlie
> Eight Bean
> PO Box 90
> Buckfield ME 04220
> Phone/Fax: 207 336 2969
> Email: [log in to unmask]
> Web Site: <http://www.ledlie.com/>http://www.ledlie.com