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Azolla mexicana
Also called Mexican Azolla
Azolla mexicana is a tiny floating aquatic fern with blue-green to dark red leaves, native to Mexico and the western United States. It thrives on still, nutrient-rich water in full sun.
Azolla mexicana, the Mexican mosquito fern, is an aquatic fern native to Mexico, British Columbia and the western United States (California, Oregon, Washington, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, and Nevada).
There are reports of the species also occurring in the Great Plains of the central United States, but these reports need further study for verification.
Carolina mosquitofern · Pacific mosquitofern · Azolla nilotica · Feathered mosquitofern · Azolla primaeva · Mosquitofern
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