Isoetes tennesseensis N.T. Luebke & J.M. Budke. Common name: Tennessee Quillwort. Habitat: Rocky river shoals. Distribution: Endemic to Polk County, TN, near the North Carolina-Georgia state line, in the Hiwassee River.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Taxonomy Comments: An octoploid species (2n=88). See Luebke & Budke (2003) for additional information.
Synonymy ⓘ: = K4, NSProv, POWO, Tn, Luebke & Budke (2003); < Isoetes lacustris L. — FNA2. Basionym: Isoetes tennesseensis Luebke & Budke 2003
Links to other floras: < Isoetes lacustris - FNA2
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: OBL
Heliophily ⓘ: 8
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