2383

Fern/Fern ally
Perennial

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Uncommon in Piedmont, rare in Coastal Plain (an endemic)

Look for it in seepage on granitic flatrocks and on Altamaha grit, per Weakley's Flora

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...Wet

LEAVES:

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

• Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia p248
• The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas p063
• Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America p368?
• Guide to the Plants of Granite Outcrops p92

Lycophytes: Isoetales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Isoetes piedmontana   FAMILY Isoetaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Isoetes piedmontana   FAMILY Isoetaceae

LESS THAN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 005-01-001?:
Isoetes melanopoda   FAMILY Isoetaceae

LESS THAN Flora of North America
Isoetes virginica