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Isoetes echinospora is a species of quillwort in the Isoetaceae family, and is the most abundant species in Canada. It can be found in shallow aquatic environments from Labrador and Newfoundland to Alaska, and south to Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Colorado, and California. It bears 10-30 green to yellow leaves and a two-lobed corm. The velum covers one to to three quarters of the sporangium, which are 10 millimeters long. Round white megaspores are about 480 micrometers in...

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