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Salviniaceae
Azolla

not marked as a favorite taxon Azolla caroliniana Willdenow. Common name: Eastern Mosquito Fern, Water fern. Phenology: Jun-Sep. Habitat: Stagnant waters of interdune ponds, limesink ponds, old millponds, beaver ponds, floodplain sloughs, often locally abundant. Distribution: Widespread in the se. United States, extending irregularly north (partly from introductions) into s. New England and MN, and south into the tropics.

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Section: Azolla.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = AqW, Ar, C, Can, ETx1, F, FNA2, G, Il, Meso1, Mo1, NE, NS, Pa, POWO, RAB, S13, Sf, SFla, Tn, Tx, TxFerns, Va, Bates & Browne (1981), Bunch & Hayden (2020), Reid, Plunkett, & Peters (2006); = n/a — Tat; < Azolla cristata Kaulf. — K4, NY; < Azolla filiculoides Lam. — WH3, Evrard & Van Hove (2004); < Azolla microphylla Kaulf. Basionym: Azolla caroliniana Willd. 1810

Links to other floras: = Azolla caroliniana - FNA2

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL (taxonomic lump from wetland indicator species)
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Great Plains: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Midwest: OBL (taxonomic lump from wetland indicator species)
  • Northcentral & Northeast: OBL (taxonomic lump from wetland indicator species)

Heliophily ⓘ: 6

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image #1 of Azolla caroliniana© Bruce Sorrie | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Azolla caroliniana© Jacob Dakar | Original Image ⭷
image #3 of Azolla caroliniana© Alan M. Cressler | Original Image ⭷
image #4 of Azolla caroliniana© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
image #5 of Azolla caroliniana© Keith Bradley | Original Image ⭷
image #6 of Azolla caroliniana© Alan Cressler: Azolla caroliniana, Murray County, Georgia 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷

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native range: eastern U.S., Mexico to South America



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