Isoetes appalachiana

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Isoetes appalachiana
Conservation status

Apparently Secure  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Lycopodiophyta
Class: Isoetopsida
Order: Isoetales
Family: Isoetaceae
Genus: Isoetes
Species: I. appalachiana
Binomial name
Isoetes appalachiana
D.F.Brunton & D.M.Britton
Synonyms
  • Isoetes engelmannii var. georgiana Engelm.

Isoetes appalachiana, commonly known as the Appalachian quillwort (not to be confused with its close relative Isoetes engelmannii, which shares the same common name), is an aquatic pteridophyte that is widely distributed in the eastern United States. It is most frequently encountered in wetlands at low to middle elevations of the Appalachian Mountains in Pennsylvania, though its range extends from there south to Florida and Alabama along the eastern slopes of the mountains. It is a tetraploid and is grouped in the Isoetes engelmannii complex.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Isoetes appalachiana". NatureServe Explorer. NatureServe. Retrieved 2007-12-19. 

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