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Isoetes microvela

Isoetes microvela D.F. Brunton

thin-wall quillwort

PLANT INDEX

ID_PLANT: ISMI3
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Isoetes microvela
Include in WOTAS: 0
Publish to Web: 1
Last Modified: 2016-12-30

GENUS INDEX

GENUS CODE: ISOET
GENUS SCIENTIFIC: Isoetes
GENUS AUTHORITY: L.
GENUS COMMON: Quillwort
GENUS SUMMARY: A genus of about 300 species, cosmopolitan in distribution.
GENUS IDENTIFICATION: Identification notes: Hybrids are possible between many combinations of species.
GENUS REFERENCES: Taylor et al. in FNA (1993b); Hoot, Napier, & Taylor (2004); Boom (1982); Kott & Britton (1983); Brunton & Britton (1996a, 1996b, 1997, 1998, 1999); Caplen & Werth (2000a, 2000b); Musselman & Knepper (1994); Musselman, Bray, & Knepper (1996, 1997); Musselman et al. (1995); Musselman, Taylor, & Bray (2001); Musselman (2001)=Z; Jermy in Kramer & Green (1990).

FAMILY INDEX

FAMILY CODE: ISOETA
FAMILY SCIENTIFIC: Isoetaceae
FAMILY AUTHORITY: Reichenbach 1828
FAMILY COMMON: Quillwort Family, Merlin's-grass Family
FAMILY SUMMARY: A family of a single genus and about 300 species.
FAMILY REFERENCE: Jermy in Kramer & Green (1990).

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DURATION: Perennial
HABIT: Grass/Grasslike

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USDA PLANTS DATABASE

USDA Symbol: ISMI3
USDA Common Name: Thin-wall Quillwort
Native Status: L48 (N)
Distribution: USA (NC)
Duration: Perennial
Growth Habit: Graminoid

NATIONAL WETLAND INDICATOR STATUS

Region:	AGCP	AK	AW	CB	EMP	GP	HI	MW	NCNE	WMVE
Status:	OBL

This information is derived from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 2016 National Wetland Plant List, Version 3.3 (Lichvar, R.W., D.L. Banks, W.N. Kirchner, and N.C. Melvin. 2016. The National Wetland Plant List: 2016 wetland ratings. Phytoneuron 2016-30: 1-17. Published 28 April 2016. ISSN 2153 733X). Regions: AGCP-Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain, AK-Alaska, AW-Arid West, CB-Caribbean, EMP-Eastern Mountains and Piedmont, GP-Great Plains, HI-Hawaii, MW-Midwest, NCNE-Northcentral and Northeast, WMCV-Western Mountains, Valleys & Coast

2018 Natural Heritage Program List of Rare Plant Species of North Carolina

NHP ID	S RANK	ROUNDED S RANK	G RANK	ROUNDED G RANK	STATE STATUS	FEDERAL STATUS
19771	S1	S1	G1	G1	T

This information is derived from the 2018 North Carolina Natural Heritage Program List of Rare Plant Species.

WEAKLEY FLORA

SCIENTIFIC NAME: Isoetes microvela
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SYNONYMY: [= K]
PHENOLOGY: May-Jul (-Sep).
HABITAT: Banks of rivers in the outer Coastal Plain.
COMMENTS: See Brunton & Britton (1998) for additional information.
RANGE MAP: Isoetes microvela.png

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ABOUT FAMILY (Weakley Flora)
Isoetaceae Reichenbach 1828 (Quillwort Family, Merlin's-grass Family)
SUMMARY: A family of a single genus and about 300 species.
REFERENCE: Jermy in Kramer & Green (1990).

ABOUT GENUS (Weakley Flora)
Isoetes L. (Quillwort)
SUMMARY: A genus of about 300 species, cosmopolitan in distribution.
REFERENCE: Taylor et al. in FNA (1993b); Hoot, Napier, & Taylor (2004); Boom (1982); Kott & Britton (1983); Brunton & Britton (1996a, 1996b, 1997, 1998, 1999); Caplen & Werth (2000a, 2000b); Musselman & Knepper (1994); Musselman, Bray, & Knepper (1996, 1997); Musselman et al. (1995); Musselman, Taylor, & Bray (2001); Musselman (2001)=Z; Jermy in Kramer & Green (1990).

HERBARIUM RESOURCES

SERNEC: Find Isoetes microvela in Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)
UNC SERNEC: Find Isoetes microvela in University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Herbarium - Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)

WEB RESOURCES

USDA: Find Isoetes microvela in USDA Plants
NPIN: Find Isoetes microvela in NPIN Database
FNA: Find Isoetes microvela in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Isoetes microvela

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