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Marsilea macropoda Engelm. ex A. Braun
bigfoot waterclover

       
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Marsilea macropoda Engelm. ex A. Braun

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Distribution:
Marsilea macropoda Engelm. ex A. Braun

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USA (AL, FL, LA, TX)
 

Related Taxa:
Marsilea macropoda Engelm. ex A. Braun

View 3 genera in Marsileaceae, 12 species in Marsilea
 

Classification:
Marsilea macropoda Engelm. ex A. Braun

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Division Pteridophyta – Ferns
Class Filicopsida
Order Hydropteridales
Family Marsileaceae – Water-clover family
Genus Marsilea L. – waterclover
Species Marsilea macropoda Engelm. ex A. Braun – bigfoot waterclover
 

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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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

Marsilea macropoda Engelm. ex A. Braun

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 NO NI NO NO NO OBL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
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Wildlife Habitat Values:

Marsilea macropoda Engelm. ex A. Braun

  Large Mammals Small Mammals Water Birds Terrestrial Birds
Source Large Mammals Food Large Mammals Cover Small Mammals Food Small Mammals Cover Water Birds Food Water Birds Cover Terrestrial Birds Food Terrestrial Birds Cover
Everitt Low   Low       Low  

Wildlife Habitat Values

 

Everitt, J.H., D.L. Drawe, and R.I. Lonard. 1999. Field guide to the broad leaved herbaceous plants of South Texas used by livestock and wildlife. Texas Tech University Press, Lubbock.

 

More Accounts and Images:
Marsilea macropoda Engelm. ex A. Braun

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

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 17993.

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

 
 
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