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  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Ferns
  5. Salviniales
  6. Water Fern Family
  7. Mosquito Ferns

genus

Mosquito Ferns

Azolla

Traits
Includes
3 native 1 introduced
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Water Fern native
  • Feathered Mosquito Fern introduced
  • Red Azolla
  • Eastern Mosquito Fern native
  • Mexican Mosquito Fern native

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 mosquito ferns 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

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