State/Province Inventories of Great Lakes Inv

Project Managers: Aaron Goldberg
This project contains checklists of states/provinces with their invasive aquatic plants that can be found in this portal (georefernced specimens). The invasive species are based on the GLANSIS database (https://www.glerl.noaa.gov/glansis/nisListGen.php).

What is a research checklist?

Research checklists are pre-compiled by biologists. This is a very controlled method for building a species list, which allows for specific specimens to be linked to the species names within the checklist and thus serve as vouchers. Specimen vouchers are proof that the species actually occurs in the given area. If there is any doubt, one can inspect these specimens for verification or annotate the identification when necessary.