PLANTS Profile for Isoetes melanopoda (blackfoot quillwort)

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Isoetes melanopoda Gay & Durieu ex Durieu
blackfoot quillwort

Symbol:

ISME

Group:

Quillwort

Family:

Isoetaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48

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Photo of Isoetes melanopoda Gay & Durieu ex Durieu

©Thomas G. Barnes. Barnes, T.G., and S.W. Francis. 2004. Wildflowers and ferns of Kentucky. University Press of Kentucky. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.

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Distribution:
Isoetes melanopoda Gay & Durieu ex Durieu


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USA (AL, AR, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, NE, NJ, OK, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA)

Related Taxa:
Isoetes melanopoda Gay & Durieu ex Durieu

View 1 genera in Isoetaceae, 48 species in Isoetes

Classification:
Isoetes melanopoda Gay & Durieu ex Durieu

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Division	Lycopodiophyta – Lycopods
Class	Lycopodiopsida
Order	Isoetales
Family	Isoetaceae – Quillwort family
Genus	Isoetes L. – quillwort
Species	Isoetes melanopoda Gay & Durieu ex Durieu – blackfoot quillwort

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Isoetes melanopoda Gay & Durieu ex Durieu

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Indiana:
blackfoot quillwort		Endangered
Iowa:
black-based quillwort		Endangered
Kentucky:
blackfoot quillwort		Endangered
Minnesota:
blackfoot quillwort		Endangered
New Jersey:
black-base quillwort		Endangered
Tennessee:
blackfoot quillwort		Endangered

Wetland Indicator Status:
Isoetes melanopoda Gay & Durieu ex Durieu

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Isoetes melanopoda Gay & Durieu ex Durieu

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 17135.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 10/24/2008 09:00 AM MDT