Isoetes tuckermanii A. Braun. Tuckerman's Quillwort. Hab: Shores, freshwater tidal marshes. Dist: NS south to n. NJ (reports of this species further south are apparently in error).
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Taxonomy Comments: A tetraploid species (2n=44), apparently derived from hybridization of I. viridimontana M.A.Rosenthal & W.C.Taylor and an unknown or extinct species, Z (Hoot, Napier, & Taylor 2004), genotype=??ZZ.
Synonymy: = C, F, G, NY; = n/a – Tat; > Isoetes acadiensis Kott – AqW, FNA2, K1, K3; > Isoetes tuckermanii A.Braun – AqW, FNA2, K1, K3; > Isoetes tuckermanii A.Braun ssp. acadiensis (Kott) D.F.Brunt. – K4; > Isoetes tuckermanii A.Braun ssp. tuckermanii – K4
Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL (taxonomic lump from wetland indicator species)
- Northcentral & Northeast: OBL (taxonomic lump from wetland indicator species)
Heliophily: 9
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