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  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Ferns
  5. Polypodiales
  6. Brake Family
  7. Ceratopteridoideae
  8. Watersprite

genus

Watersprite

Ceratopteris

Traits
Includes
1 native 1 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Water Fern present
  • Floating Antler-fern native
  • Asian Watersprite
  • Triangle Waterfern

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Herbaceous plants
Plant type
Annual Fern Perennial Wildflower

From USDA PLANTS.

Top native watersprite All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

  • Floating Antler-fern Ceratopteris pteridoides

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