PLANTS Profile for Azolla caroliniana (Carolina mosquitofern)

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PLANTS Profile

Azolla caroliniana Willd.
Carolina mosquitofern

Symbol:

AZCA

Group:

Fern

Family:

Azollaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
PR		N
CAN		I

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Azolla caroliniana Willd.

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Distribution:
Azolla caroliniana Willd.


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MS, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, WI, WV), USA+ (PR), CAN (BC, ON)

Related Taxa:
Azolla caroliniana Willd.

View 1 genera in Azollaceae, 4 species in Azolla

Classification:
Azolla caroliniana Willd.

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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 caroliniana Willd. – Carolina mosquitofern

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Azolla caroliniana Willd.

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:
Carolina mosquito-fern		Threatened
New York:
mosquito-fern		Exploitably Vulnerable

Introduced Information:
Azolla caroliniana Willd.

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 caroliniana Willd.

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Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Azolla caroliniana Willd.

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

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 18008.

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

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

Related Web Sites:
Azolla caroliniana Willd.

TX-Aquaplant-Floating Plants (TAES)

Time Generated: 10/13/2008 11:59 AM MDT