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Salviniaceae
Azolla

not marked as a favorite taxon Azolla filiculoides Lamarck. Common name: Large Mosquito Fern. Habitat: Freshwater lakes, beaver ponds, artificial impoundments. Distribution: Native of w. North America, south into Mexico, Central America, South America. This species is reported for e. GA from a freshwater lake on Sapelo Island, McIntosh County (Bates & Browne 1981), presumably as an accidental introduction. Bunch & Hayden (2020) report it for two locations in the Coastal Plain of VA (Chesterfield and Sussex counties). It seems likely to be more widespread that currently reported.

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Section: Azolla.

Origin/Endemic status: W. North America

Synonymy ⓘ: = AqW, Can, FNA2, Meso1, NS, TxFerns, Bates & Browne (1981), Bunch & Hayden (2020), Reid, Plunkett, & Peters (2006); = Azolla filiculoides ssp. filiculoides — POWO; < Azolla filiculoides Lam. — K4, WH3, Evrard & Van Hove (2004). Basionym: Azolla filiculoides Lam. 1783

Links to other floras: = Azolla filiculoides - FNA2

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)

Heliophily ⓘ: 0

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