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Blackfoot Quillwort (Isoetes melanopoda)

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Isoetes Melanopoda, or more commonly know as Blackfoot Quillwort, is a graminoid of the genus Isoetes. Its duration is perennial which means it will grow year after year. Isoetes Melanopoda or Blackfoot Quillwort's floral region is North America US Lower 48, specifically in the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, North Carolina, Nebraska, New Jersey, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah and Virginia.

  • Category: Quillwort
  • Genus: Isoetes
  • Family: Isoetaceae
  • Order: Isoetales
  • Class: Lycopodiopsida
  • Division: Lycopodiophyta
  • Duration: Perennial
  • Growth Habit: Graminoid
  • Native Status: L48 (N)
  • State T/E Status: IA (E) IN (E) KY (E) MN (E) NJ (E) TN (E)
  • State T/E Common Name: IA (black-based quillwort) IN (blackfoot quillwort) KY (blackfoot quillwort) MN (blackfoot quillwort) NJ (black-base quillwort) TN (blackfoot quillwort)
  • National Wetland Indicator Status: OBL
  • Regional Wetland Indicator Status: 1(OBL) 2(OBL) 3(OBL) 4(OBL) 5(OBL) 6(OBL)





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