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Isoetes tenella Léman
spiny-spore quillwort

       
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Photo of Isoetes tenella Léman
Isoetes echinospora

W. Carl Taylor. USDA NRCS. 1992. Western wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. West Region, Sacramento. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.
 
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Isoetes tenella Léman

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Synonyms:
Isoetes tenella Léman

  ISBR4 Isoetes braunii Durieu
  ISEC Isoetes echinospora Durieu
  ISECA Isoetes echinospora Durieu ssp. asiatica (Makino) A. Löve
  ISECM Isoetes echinospora Durieu ssp. muricata (Durieu) A. Löve & D. Löve
  ISECA2 Isoetes echinospora Durieu var. asiatica Makino
  ISECB Isoetes echinospora Durieu var. braunii (Durieu) Engelm.
  ISECH Isoetes echinospora Durieu var. hesperia (C.F. Reed) A. Löve
  ISECM2 Isoetes echinospora Durieu var. muricata (Durieu) Engelm.
  ISECR Isoetes echinospora Durieu var. robusta Engelm.
  ISECS Isoetes echinospora Durieu var. savilei B. Boivin
  ISMU2 Isoetes muricata Durieu
  ISMUB Isoetes muricata Durieu var. braunii (Durieu) C.F. Reed
  ISMUH2 Isoetes muricata Durieu var. hesperia C.F. Reed
  ISSE4 Isoetes setacea Lam. p.p.
  ISSEM Isoetes setacea Lam. ssp. muricata (Durieu) Holub
 

Distribution:
Isoetes tenella Léman

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USA (AK, CA, CO, CT, DE, ID, MA, ME, MI, MN, MT, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, UT, VT, WA, WI, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, NU, ON, QC, SK, YT), DEN (GL), FRA (SPM)
 

Related Taxa:
Isoetes tenella Léman

View 1 genera in Isoetaceae, 48 species in Isoetes
 

Classification:
Isoetes tenella Léman

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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 tenella Léman – spiny-spore quillwort
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Isoetes tenella Léman

The synonym italicized and indented below 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.

Ohio:
Isoetes echinospora
spiny-spored quillwort              Presumed Extirpated
Rhode Island:
Isoetes echinospora
spiny quillwort              Special Concern
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Isoetes tenella Léman

Isoetes echinospora:

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
OBL OBL NO OBL NO NO NO NO OBL OBL OBL OBL NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Isoetes tenella Léman

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 507546.

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

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

 
 
Time Generated: 10/21/2008 08:46 PM MDT