Kingdom Plantae Order Isoetales Genus Isoetes Higher classification Isoetes | Division Lycopodiophyta Family Isoetaceae Scientific name Isoetes valida Rank Species | |
Similar Isoetes tegetiformans, Isoetes, Isoetes louisianensis, Isoetes melanospora, Isoetes engelmannii | ||
Isoetes valida, commonly known as the strong quillwort or true quillwort, is an aquatic pteridophyte native to eastern North America. It is found primarily in the Appalachian Mountains from Pennsylvania south to Alabama and Georgia. In addition, one collection of the plant was made in a railway ditch in Wilmington, Delaware in the 1860s, but this was most likely an accidental introduction.
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