Azolla caroliniana Willdenow. Section: Azolla. 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.
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), (basionym); = n/a — Tat; < Azolla cristata Kaulf. — K4, NY; < Azolla filiculoides Lam. — WH3, Evrard & Van Hove (2004); < Azolla microphylla Kaulf.
Links to other floras: = Azolla caroliniana - FNA2
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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Horticultural Information
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eastern U.S., Mexico to South America |
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