Azolla filiculoides

Common name

Water Fern

Azolla filiculoides

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Latin names

Class

Pteridopsida

Order

Salviniales

Family

Azollaceae

Genus

Azolla

Species

filiculoides

Geographic details

Habitat

in water

Soil type

tolerant

Distribution

Throughout South British Isles

Native

Yes

General

Plant height

small

Branched

No

Plant colour

glaucous green

Habit

floating

Conservation status

not threatened

Wikimedia Url

https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Azolla_filiculoides

Leaf details

Separate fertile leaves

No

Leaf shape

ovate

Pinnae

no pinnae

Wintergreen

No

Spore details

Homospore

No

Sori details

Sori shape

globose

Sori description

sporocarp

Sori place

first leaf of a lateral branch

Indusium details

Indusium present

No