Lycophytes: Isoetales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Isoetes riparia var. riparia
FAMILY
Isoetaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Riverbank Quillwort at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Isoetes riparia is believed to be a mid-Atlantic relative of I. septentrionalis, per Weakley's Flora (2023).
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Isoetes riparia var. riparia
FAMILY
Isoetaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Isoetes riparia
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Isoetes riparia var. riparia
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 2 (1993)
Isoetes riparia
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 005-01-003:
Isoetes riparia FAMILY Isoetaceae
COMMON NAME:
Riverbank Quillwort, Shore Quillwort
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Isoetes riparia var. riparia
FAMILY
Isoetaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Isoetes riparia var. riparia
FAMILY
Isoetaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Isoetes riparia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Isoetes riparia var. riparia
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 2
Isoetes riparia
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 005-01-003:
Isoetes riparia
FAMILY
Isoetaceae
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Fern/Fern ally; Plants usually aquatic, occasionally emergent
Perennial
Habitat: Shores, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina
Rare (extirpated from most of its historic localities)
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LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Leaves whorled, at least at maturity
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
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