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Fern/Fern ally; Floating aquatic (the roots floating)
Annual

Non-native

Documented growing wild in - - -

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INVASIVE

This plant is causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

LEAVES:
Regularly 2(3)-pinnately compound (tiny), generally equilaterally triangular in outline
Alternate

FRUIT:
None seen

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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Aquatic weeds can clog irrigation channels and cover lakes, threatening crops and wildlife. Read more -- Outlawed! Federal Noxious Weeds: The Aquatics.

The genus Azolla contains the smallest ferns in the world. This species was likely introduced by someone emptying their aquarium into a natural waterbody, per Center for Aquatic & Invasive Plants.

Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.

Monilophytes (ferns): Leptosporangiate Ferns (true ferns): Salviniales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Azolla pinnata ssp. asiatica FAMILY Salviniaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Azolla pinnata ssp. asiatica FAMILY Azollaceae

COMMON NAME:
Pinnate Mosquito-fern, Asian Mosquito-fern, Feathered Mosquito-fern

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