Vascular Plants of North Carolina
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Account for Eastern Blackfoot Quillwort - Isoetes melanopoda ssp. silvatica   D.F. Brunton & D.M. Britton
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Section 1 » Family Isoetaceae
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AuthorD.F. Brunton & D.M. Britton
DistributionThis is the only tason in the species that occurs in NC. See the full species account.
AbundanceThe NCNHP has this taxon on its Watch List (W7).
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Taxonomic CommentsAll Isoetes species are quite grass-like, with numerous very slender and grass-like leaves growing from a common base. Most importantly, they are swollen at the base, where the megaspores are present, the key structure for separation of species. The leaves are terete (rounded) and hollow. For identification, see the key in Weakley (2018).
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State RankS1S3
Global RankG5TNR
State StatusW7
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B.A. SorrieUnion Co., W side of SR 1377, muddy clay of creek channel, under hardwoods. Mat 2010. UnionPhoto_natural
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