Quillworts
Other Common Names:
(Isoetes spp.)
Native
Quillwort leaves are quill like and grow from one central stand in swampy areas. Leaves are arranged in a spiral.
Management Options
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Description
Quillwort leaves grow one to three inches long and are grassy and spike like. Leaves are arranged in a spiral and are quill like. They grow from one central stand that has a starchy corm (a little like a bulb) and roots below. Most quillworts grow in standing water, but some grow in habitats that are seasonally wet and die back to the corm when they get too dry.
Some quillworts are native and some are not.
Location
Quillworts can be found in swampy, cooler parts of the United States.
Propagation
spores
Management Options
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