Isoetes texana Singhurst, Rushing, & W.C. Holmes. Common name: Texas Quillwort, Tejas Quillwort. Phenology: Jun-Oct. Habitat: Alkaline ponds in wet prairie interdune swales. Distribution: Endemic to Coastal Plain of TX (Aransas and Calhoun counties).
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Taxonomy Comments: A diploid species (2n=22). See Singhurst et al. (2011) for detailed information.
Synonymy ⓘ: = K4, NS, POWO, TxFerns, Singhurst et al (2011); = n/a — FNA2. Basionym: Isoetes texana Singhurst, Rushing, & W.C.Holmes 2011
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL
Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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