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  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Ferns
  5. Leptosporangiate Ferns
  6. Salviniales

order

Salviniales

Salviniales

Includes
7 native 6 introduced 1 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Salviniales (commonly known as waterferns) are a widespread order of aquatic and semi-aquatic ferns.

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Children

  • Pepperwort Family 4 native
  • Water Fern Family 3 native

Range

United States

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

Top native Salviniales All

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

  • Water Fern Azolla filiculoides caterpillars 2 hosts 1 food 1 flowers 2
  • Eastern Mosquito Fern Azolla caroliniana caterpillars 1 hosts 1 food 1
  • Mexican Mosquito Fern Azolla microphylla caterpillars 1 hosts 1
  • Water Clover Marsilea vestita
  • Bigfoot Waterclover Marsilea macropoda
  • American Pillwort Pilularia americana
  • Pacific Waterclover Marsilea oligospora
  • Villous Waterclover Marsilea villosa

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