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Isoetes flaccida Shuttlw. ex A.Braun
Florida quillwort

Family: Isoetaceae

Group: Pteridophyte

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Herb

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: Southeastern United States (Georgia, Florida).

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Critically Imperiled

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Not Cultivated

Comments: For images, click on the Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants link below.

Other data on Isoetes flaccida available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Isoetes flaccida has been found in the following 3 conservation areas :
Occurrence Native Status
Big Cypress National Preserve Present Native
Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park Present Native
Fisheating Creek Wildlife Management Area Present Native

Isoetes flaccida has been found in the following 4 counties :
Occurrence Native Status
Collier County Native
Glades County Possibly Extirpated Possibly Extirpated
Miami-Dade County Presumed Extirpated Presumed Extirpated
Monroe County (Mainland) Possibly Extirpated Possibly Extirpated

Isoetes flaccida has been found in the following 5 habitats :
Depression Marsh
Floodplain Marsh
Floodplain Swamp
Sinkhole
Strand Swamp