PLANTS Profile for Azolla filiculoides (Pacific mosquitofern)

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PLANTS Profile

Azolla filiculoides Lam.
Pacific mosquitofern

Symbol:

AZFI

Group:

Fern

Family:

Azollaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
HI		I
CAN		I

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Brother Alfred Brousseau. Courtesy of St. Mary's College of California. ©St. Mary's College of California. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.

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Azolla filiculoides Lam.

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Distribution:
Azolla filiculoides Lam.


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AK, AZ, CA, HI, OR, TX, WA), CAN (BC)

Related Taxa:
Azolla filiculoides Lam.

View 1 genera in Azollaceae, 4 species in Azolla

Classification:
Azolla filiculoides Lam.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Division	Pteridophyta – Ferns
Class	Filicopsida
Order	Hydropteridales
Family	Azollaceae – Azolla family
Genus	Azolla Lam. – mosquitofern
Species	Azolla filiculoides Lam. – Pacific mosquitofern

Introduced Information:
Azolla filiculoides Lam.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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Wetland Indicator Status:
Azolla filiculoides Lam.

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Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Azolla filiculoides Lam.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 18007.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

Time Generated: 10/07/2008 10:36 PM MDT