fdfreund's Identifications
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Quillworts (Genus Isoetes)Observer
jbindernagelDescription
VERY weird. A big muddy pool in which the dominant vegetation is a large isoetes. Not looking like nutallii, but seemingly capable of withstanding drying, not sure what that leaves me with. Howellii seems wrong too.
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Howell's Quillwort (Isoetes howellii)Observer
frondsinhighplacesDescription
This is from the same location as an observation by @oxalismtp: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/111926271
Leaves bright green, pale to brown toward base, pliant, gradually tapering to tip. Hyaline leaf margins extending 1–5 cm above sporangium. Rootstock nearly globose, 2-lobed. Velum covering less than 1/2 of sporangium. (Velum coverage best visualized in the longitudinal section of photos 10 and 11.) Sporangium wall brown-streaked to completely brown. Megaspores white, 350--400 μm diameter, obscurely tuberculate to rugulate; girdle smooth.
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Flatrock Rush (Juncus georgianus)Observer
gagesutton1Description
In vernal pool
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Nuttall's Quillwort (Isoetes nuttallii)Observer
jbindernagelDescription
Probably I. nuttalii.
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Grasses, Sedges, Cattails, and Allies (Order Poales)Observer
damionwhyteDescription
The ponds in the temporary ponds in Harris Savanna is currently active.
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Quillworts (Genus Isoetes)Observer
aaronrobergeDescription
Floating on lake surface. Possibly dislodged by a large group of CAGOs.
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