Isoetes melanospora Engelmann. Black-spored Quillwort. Hab: In pools on granite flatrocks. Dist: Endemic to GA. Material previously attributed here from Forty Acre Rock, SC, is a new species.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Taxonomy Comments: A diploid species (2n=22).
Synonymy: = S13, Sf, Musselman (2001); < Isoetes melanopoda Gay & Durieu ex Durieu – RAB; < Isoetes melanospora Engelm. – FNA2, K1, K3, K4
Wetland Indicator Status:
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: OBL
Heliophily ?: 9
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© Alan M. Cressler | Original Image ⭷
© Alan Cressler: Isoetes melanospora, Arabia Mountain, Davidson-Arabia Mountain Nature Preserve, DeKalb County, Georgia 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
© Alan Cressler: Isoetes melanospora, and Gratiola amphiantha, Camp Meeting Rock, Camp Meeting Rock Preserve, The Nature Conservancy, Heard County, Georgia 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷Feedback
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