genus
Quillworts
Isoetes
Field notes
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- Spiny-spored Quillwort native
- Nuttall's Quillwort native
- Lake Quillwort native
- Blackfoot Quillwort native
- Butler's Quillwort native
- Orcutt's Quillwort native
- Bolander's Quillwort native
- Howell's Quillwort native
- Rock Quillwort native
- Engelmann's Quillwort native
- Black-spored Quillwort native
- Piedmont Quillwort native
- Strong Quillwort native
- Western Quillwort native
- Tuckerman's Quillwort
- Columbia Quillwort native
- Spiny-spore Quillwort native
- Mat-forming Quillwort native
- Iberian Quillwort
- Maritime Quillwort native
- Texas Quillwort
- Stout Quillwort
- Louisiana Quillwort
- Winter Quillwort native
Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Key traits
- Layer
- Grasses and sedges
- Plant type
- Ornamental grasses and sedges Perennial Wildflower
From USDA PLANTS.
Top native quillworts All
Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Spiny-spored Quillwort
Isoetes echinospora
caterpillars
1
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Southern Quillwort
Isoetes flaccida
food
1
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Blackfoot Quillwort
Isoetes melanopoda
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Butler's Quillwort
Isoetes butleri
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Nuttall's Quillwort
Isoetes nuttallii
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Orcutt's Quillwort
Isoetes orcuttii
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Bolander's Quillwort
Isoetes bolanderi
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Howell's Quillwort
Isoetes howellii
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Rock Quillwort
Isoetes lithophila
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Black-spored Quillwort
Isoetes melanospora
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Engelmann's Quillwort
Isoetes engelmannii
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Piedmont Quillwort
Isoetes piedmontana
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Strong Quillwort
Isoetes valida
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Western Quillwort
Isoetes occidentalis
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Lake Quillwort
Isoetes lacustris