PLANTS Profile for Psilotum nudum (whisk fern)

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PLANTS Profile

Psilotum nudum (L.) P. Beauv.
whisk fern

Symbol:

PSNU

Group:

Whisk-fern

Family:

Psilotaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
HI		N
PR		N
VI		N

More Information:

Native Status:
Psilotum nudum (L.) P. Beauv.


View Distribution	Native Introduced

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AL, AR, AZ, FL, GA, HI, LA, MS, NC, SC, TX), USA+ (PR, VI)

Related Taxa:
Psilotum nudum (L.) P. Beauv.

View 1 genera in Psilotaceae, 3 species in Psilotum

Classification:
Psilotum nudum (L.) P. Beauv.

Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the PLANTS Classification Report.


Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Division	Psilophyta – Whisk-ferns
Class	Psilopsida
Order	Psilotales
Family	Psilotaceae – Whisk-fern family
Genus	Psilotum Sw. – whisk fern
Species	Psilotum nudum (L.) P. Beauv. – whisk fern

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Psilotum nudum (L.) P. Beauv.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Arizona:
bush moss, whisk fern		Highly Safeguarded

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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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

Psilotum nudum (L.) P. Beauv.

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACU+,FACW+

FACU+

FACW+

NI*

FACU-

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Psilotum nudum (L.) P. Beauv.

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

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 17008.

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

Time Generated: 05/19/2013 03:06 AM CDT