Lycophytes: Isoetales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Isoetes tegetiformans
FAMILY
Isoetaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Isoetes tegetiformans
FAMILY
Isoetaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Isoetes tegetiformans
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Georgia Quillworts (Musselman, 2001)
Isoetes tegetiformans
COMMON NAME:
Mat-forming Quillwort, Merlin's Grass, Mat-forming Melin's grass
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Peter Schafran psc_tege1
February Columbia County GA
Mat-forming quillwort has a growth habit unique among the Isoetaceae, per Synopsis of Isoetes in the Southeastern United States. Castanea (Boom, 1982).
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Peter Schafran psc_tege2
February Columbia County GA
Rhizomatous rootstock is strikingly different from other Georgia Quillworts, per Georgia Quillworts. Tipularia (Musselman, 2001).