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Isoëtes caroliniana
Also called Carolina Quillwort
Carolina quillwort is a small, grass-like aquatic or semi-aquatic fern ally native to wetland margins, lakes and bogs in the mountains of Tennessee, North Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia. It needs cool, wet or submerged conditions and is rarely grown outside its native wetlands.
Isoetes caroliniana, common name Carolina quillwort, is a wetlands plant native to the mountains of Tennessee, North Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia. It is an emergent plant found in lakes and bogs. It is closely related to I. georgiana (the Georgia quillwort) but can be distinguished by its unpigmented sporangium wall.
Some sources regard it as a synonym of Isoetes valida, but others treat it as a full species.
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