Isoetes valida (Engelmann) Clute. Mountain Quillwort, Carolina Quillwort. Hab: Bogs (growing in Sphagnum), pools, ponds, and seeps. Dist: C. PA to s. AL. Reports from MS are false, based on I. mississippiensis.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Taxonomy Comments: A diploid species (2n=22). Genotype=VV.
Synonymy ⓘ: = AqW, K1, K3, K4, Tn, Va, Musselman (2001); = Isoetes caroliniana (A.A.Eaton) Luebke – FNA2; = Isoetes engelmannii A.Braun var. caroliniana A.A.Eaton – F, Sf; = Isoetes engelmannii A.Braun var. valida Engelm. – Tat; < Isoetes engelmannii A.Braun – C, Pa, RAB, W, WV
Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: OBL
- Northcentral & Northeast: OBL
Heliophily ⓘ: 7
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© Alan Cressler: Isoetes valida, Lookout Mountain, Chattooga County, Georgia 3 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
© Alan Cressler: Isoetes valida, Lookout Mountain, Chattooga County, Georgia 2 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
© Alan Cressler: Isoetes valida, Chattahoochee River, Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, below Buford Dam, Gwinnett County, Georgia 5 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
© Alan Weakley source | Original Image ⭷
© Alan Weakley source | Original Image ⭷
© Alan Cressler: Isoetes valida, Brasstown Valley Seeps, Towns County, Georgia 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷Feedback
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