Isoetes nuttallii
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| Isoetes nuttallii | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Lycopodiophyta |
| Class: | Isoetopsida |
| Order: | Isoetales |
| Family: | Isoetaceae |
| Genus: | Isoetes |
| Species: | I. nuttallii |
| Binomial name | |
| Isoetes nuttallii A.Braun ex Engelm. | |
Isoetes nuttallii is a species of quillwort, a type of lycopod. Its common name is Nuttall's quillwort. This is a "primitive" plant native to western North America from British Columbia to California which grows in wet habitat such as seasonal streams. It produces pointed, cylindrical, green to gray-green leaves over 8 centimeters in maximum length. It reproduces via spherical sporangia.
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