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Isoetes macrospora

Isoëtes macrospora

Also called Big-spore quillwort, Lake Quillwort, Common Quillwort, Quillwort, Deepwater Quillwort, Large Spored Quillwort, Isoète Lacustre

Isoetes macrospora
Photo: Quinten Wiegersma, CC BY 4.0
Family
Isoetaceae (Isoet family)

About

Isoetes macrospora, commonly known as big-spore quillwort, is a species of flowering plant in the family Isoetaceae. It can be found in the deep water of low nutrient lakes on the Canadian Shield in Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Quebec, and Ontario. In the United States, it has been found in Minnesota and south, through the Appalachian Mountains to Virginia.

Other Isoetes plants

Isoetes acadiensis · Isoetes alpina · Appalachian Quillwort · Isoetes araucaniana · Isoetes australis · Isoetes bolanderi · Isoetes brevicula · Isoetes butleri · Isoetes capensis · Isoetes caroliniana · Isoetes × eatonii · Isoetes echinospora

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Isoetes macrospora by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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