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Your search found 14 taxa in the family Isoetaceae, Quillwort/Merlin's-grass family, as understood by Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
Eastern Blackfoot Quillwort
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Isoetes melanopoda ssp. sylvatica FAMILY: Isoetaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Isoetes melanopoda FAMILY: Isoetaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Isoetes melanopoda 005-01-001 FAMILY: Isoetaceae
Look for it in clay soils in low woods, seeps on sandstone or granitic rocks
Rare (an endemic)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: Blackfoot Quillwort
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Isoetes melanopoda ssp. melanopoda FAMILY: Isoetaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Isoetes melanopoda FAMILY: Isoetaceae
Look for it in floodplains
Rare
Native west of the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Black-spored Quillwort
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Isoetes melanospora FAMILY: Isoetaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Isoetes melanospora FAMILY: Isoetaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Isoetes melanopoda 005-01-001? FAMILY: Isoetaceae
Look for it in pools on granite flatrocks
Rare (an endemic)
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name:
Mat-forming Quillwort, Merlin's Grass, Mat-forming Melin's grass
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Isoetes tegetiformans FAMILY: Isoetaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Isoetes tegetiformans FAMILY: Isoetaceae
Look for it in shallow pools on granite flatrocks
Rare, endemic to a few granite flatrocks of east central GA (notably Heggies Rock)
Native to Georgia
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Common Name:
Rush Quillwort
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Isoetes junciformis FAMILY: Isoetaceae
(?) PLANTS National Database: Isoetes junciformis FAMILY: Isoetaceae
Look for it in ephemeral wetland swales in bottomland hardwood swamps
Rare (an endemic)
Native to Georgia
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Common Name:
Piedmont Quillwort
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Isoetes piedmontana FAMILY: Isoetaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Isoetes piedmontana FAMILY: Isoetaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Isoetes melanopoda 005-01-001? FAMILY: Isoetaceae
Look for it in seepage on granitic flatrocks and on Altamaha grit
Uncommon in Piedmont, rare in Coastal Plain (an endemic)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Virginia Quillwort
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Isoetes virginica FAMILY: Isoetaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Isoetes virginica FAMILY: Isoetaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Isoetes melanopoda 005-01-001? FAMILY: Isoetaceae
Look for it in woodland streams
Rare (an endemic)
Native to the Carolinas
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Common Name:
Appalachian Quillwort
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Isoetes appalachiana FAMILY: Isoetaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Isoetes appalachiana FAMILY: Isoetaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Isoetes engelmannii 005-01-002 FAMILY: Isoetaceae
Look for it in seepages, small woodland streams, ephemeral wetlands, backwaters
Uncommon (rare in GA Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas
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Common Name:
Engelman's Quillwort
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Isoetes engelmannii FAMILY: Isoetaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Isoetes engelmannii FAMILY: Isoetaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Isoetes engelmannii 005-01-002 FAMILY: Isoetaceae
Look for it usually in permanent water bodies with active current
Common (rare in GA Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Wintergreen Quillwort, Winter Quillwort, evergreen quillwort
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Isoetes hyemalis FAMILY: Isoetaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Isoetes hyemalis FAMILY: Isoetaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Isoetes engelmannii 005-01-002 FAMILY: Isoetaceae
Look for it in blackwater streams and sandy streambanks.
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Mountain Quillwort, Carolina Quillwort, Strong Quillwort
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Isoetes valida FAMILY: Isoetaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Isoetes valida FAMILY: Isoetaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Isoetes engelmannii 005-01-002? FAMILY: Isoetaceae
Look for it in bogs (growing in Sphagnum), pools, ponds
Common in NC Mountains, rare in GA & SC
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Riverbank Quillwort, Shore Quillwort
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Isoetes riparia FAMILY: Isoetaceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Isoetes riparia var. riparia FAMILY: Isoetaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Isoetes riparia 005-01-003 FAMILY: Isoetaceae
Look for it in tidal waters, lakes
Rare
Native to the Carolinas
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Common Name:
Boom's Quillwort
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Isoetes boomii FAMILY: Isoetaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Isoetes boomii FAMILY: Isoetaceae
Look for it in shallow water of slow-moving streams
Rare (an endemic)
Native to Georgia
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Common Name:
Georgia Quillwort
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Isoetes georgiana FAMILY: Isoetaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Isoetes georgiana FAMILY: Isoetaceae
Look for it in streams
Rare (an endemic)
Native to Georgia
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