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  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Ferns
  5. Salviniales
  6. Pepperwort Family
  7. Helicopter Ferns

genus

Helicopter Ferns

Marsilea

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

Field notes

Children

  • Nodorhizae group 2 native
  • Macrocarpa group 1 native
  • Helicopter Ferns
  • Group i

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
Fern Perennial Wildflower

From USDA PLANTS.

Top native helicopter ferns All

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

  • Water Clover Marsilea vestita
  • Bigfoot Waterclover Marsilea macropoda
  • Pacific Waterclover Marsilea oligospora
  • Villous Waterclover Marsilea villosa

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