PLANTS Profile for Azolla microphylla (Mexican Mosquito Fern)

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PLANTS Profile

Azolla microphylla Kaulf.
Mexican Mosquito Fern

Symbol:

AZMI

Group:

Fern

Family:

Azollaceae

Duration:

Annual
Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

More Information:

Images:
Azolla microphylla Kaulf.

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Synonyms:
Azolla microphylla Kaulf.

AZME

Azolla mexicana Schltdl. & Cham. ex C. Presl

Mexican mosquitofern

Distribution:
Azolla microphylla Kaulf.


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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AR, AZ, CA, CO, IA, IL, KS, MN, MO, NE, NM, NV, OK, OR, TX, UT, WA, WI), CAN (BC)

Related Taxa:
Azolla microphylla Kaulf.

View 1 genera in Azollaceae, 4 species in Azolla

Classification:
Azolla microphylla Kaulf.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Division	Pteridophyta – Ferns
Class	Filicopsida
Order	Hydropteridales
Family	Azollaceae – Azolla family
Genus	Azolla Lam. – mosquitofern
Species	Azolla microphylla Kaulf. – Mexican Mosquito Fern

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Azolla microphylla Kaulf.

Azolla mexicana:

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Azolla microphylla Kaulf.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 18009.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 05/22/2013 02:50 PM CDT