Isoetes melanospora Engelmann. Common name: Black-spored Quillwort. Habitat: In pools on granite flatrocks. Distribution: 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 ⓘ: = NS, POWO, S13, Sf, Musselman (2001); < Isoetes melanopoda Gay & Durieu ex Durieu — RAB; < Isoetes melanospora Engelm. — FNA2, K4. Basionym: Isoetes melanospora Engelm. 1877
Links to other floras: < Isoetes melanospora - FNA2
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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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