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Isoetes engelmannii A. Braun

Isoetes engelmannii A. Braun

Isoetes engelmannii
Photo: W. Carl Taylor. USDA NRCS. 1995. Northeast wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. Northeast National Technical Center, Chester. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute · Public domain

Isoetes engelmannii A. Braun. Isoetes engelmannii is a species of aquatic plant in the family Isoetaceae. It is referred to by the common names Engelmann's quillwort or Appalachian quillwort, and is the most widely distributed species of its genus in eastern North America. Its range extends from Ontario in the north, south to Florida and west Arkansas and Missouri. It can be found from April to October in temporary pools, bogs, marshes, stream edges, swamps and along wet roadsides.

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Native range

Native range not recorded for this plant. Often a non-native cultivar or naturalized garden plant.

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