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Your search found 14 taxa in the family Isoetaceae, Quillwort/Merlin's-grass family, as understood by Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
Eastern Blackfoot Quillwort
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Isoetes melanopoda ssp. silvatica FAMILY: Isoetaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Isoetes melanopoda FAMILY: Isoetaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Isoetes melanopoda 005-01-001 FAMILY: Isoetaceae
Habitat: Clay soils in low woods, seeps on sandstone or granitic rocks, in NJ in clay-based depressions on Cape May
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: Blackfoot Quillwort
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Isoetes melanopoda ssp. melanopoda FAMILY: Isoetaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Isoetes melanopoda FAMILY: Isoetaceae
Habitat: Floodplains
Rare
Native to Georgia
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Common Name:
Black-spored Quillwort
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Isoetes melanospora FAMILY: Isoetaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Isoetes melanospora FAMILY: Isoetaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Isoetes melanopoda 005-01-001? FAMILY: Isoetaceae
Habitat: In pools on granite flatrocks
Rare
Native to Georgia
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Common Name:
Mat-forming Quillwort, Merlin's Grass, Mat-forming Melin's grass
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Isoetes tegetiformans FAMILY: Isoetaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Isoetes tegetiformans FAMILY: Isoetaceae
Habitat: In shallow pools on granite flatrocks
Rare
Native to Georgia
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Common Name:
Rush Quillwort
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Isoetes junciformis FAMILY: Isoetaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Isoetes junciformis FAMILY: Isoetaceae
Habitat: Ephemeral wetland swales in bottomland hardwood swamps
Rare
Native to Georgia
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Common Name:
Piedmont Quillwort
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Isoetes piedmontana FAMILY: Isoetaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Isoetes piedmontana FAMILY: Isoetaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Isoetes melanopoda 005-01-001? FAMILY: Isoetaceae
Habitat: In seepage on or near granitic flatrocks, rarely on sandstone (Altamaha grit and Ridge and Valley)
Uncommon in Piedmont (rare in Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Virginia Quillwort
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Isoetes virginica FAMILY: Isoetaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Isoetes virginica FAMILY: Isoetaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Isoetes melanopoda 005-01-001? FAMILY: Isoetaceae
Habitat: In woodland streams
Rare
Native to the Carolinas
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Common Name:
Appalachian Quillwort
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Isoetes appalachiana FAMILY: Isoetaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Isoetes appalachiana FAMILY: Isoetaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Isoetes engelmannii 005-01-002 FAMILY: Isoetaceae
Habitat: Seepages, small woodland streams, ephemeral wetlands, backwaters
Uncommon (rare in GA Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Engelmann's Quillwort, Appalachian Quillwort
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Isoetes engelmannii FAMILY: Isoetaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Isoetes engelmannii FAMILY: Isoetaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Isoetes engelmannii 005-01-002 FAMILY: Isoetaceae
Habitat: Usually in permanent water bodies with active current
Common (rare in GA Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Wintergreen Quillwort, Winter Quillwort, evergreen quillwort
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Isoetes hyemalis FAMILY: Isoetaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Isoetes hyemalis FAMILY: Isoetaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Isoetes engelmannii 005-01-002 FAMILY: Isoetaceae
Habitat: Blackwater streams and sandy streambanks
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Mountain Quillwort, Carolina Quillwort, Strong Quillwort
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Isoetes valida FAMILY: Isoetaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Isoetes valida FAMILY: Isoetaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Isoetes engelmannii 005-01-002? FAMILY: Isoetaceae
Habitat: Bogs (growing in Sphagnum), pools, ponds, and seeps
Common in NC Mountains, rare in GA & SC
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Riverbank Quillwort, Shore Quillwort
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Isoetes riparia var. riparia FAMILY: Isoetaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Isoetes riparia var. riparia FAMILY: Isoetaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Isoetes riparia 005-01-003 FAMILY: Isoetaceae
Habitat: Shores
Rare (extirpated from most of its historic localities)
Native to North Carolina
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Common Name:
Boom's Quillwort
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Isoetes boomii FAMILY: Isoetaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Isoetes boomii FAMILY: Isoetaceae
Habitat: Shallow water of slow-moving streams
Rare
Native to Georgia
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Common Name:
Georgia Quillwort
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Isoetes georgiana FAMILY: Isoetaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Isoetes georgiana FAMILY: Isoetaceae
Habitat: Streams
Rare
Native to Georgia
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