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not marked as a favorite taxon Isoetes melanopoda Gay & Durieu ex Durieu ssp. melanopoda. Common name: Blackfoot Quillwort. Phenology: May-Sep. Habitat: Floodplains. Distribution: S. IN, IL, and MO south to ne. LA; probably represented eastward to c. TN and s. MS (the available material ambiguous) (Brunton & Britton 2006).

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Taxonomy Comments: A diploid species (2n=22). (Brunton & Britton 2006). This taxon should be treated at species rank relative to I. melanopoda ssp. silvatica, based on the polyphyly of Isoetes melanopoda s.l. (Schafran et al. 2018).

Synonymy ⓘ: = K4, NS, POWO, Tn, TxFerns; < Isoetes melanopoda Gay & Durieu ex Durieu — AqW, Ar, C, ETx1, FNA2, G, GrPl, Il, Mo1, S13, Tx, Musselman (2001). Basionym: Isoetes melanopoda Gay & Durieu ex Durieu 1864

Links to other floras: < Isoetes melanopoda - FNA2

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Great Plains: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Midwest: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Northcentral & Northeast: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)

Heliophily ⓘ: 5

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