Summary ²

Isoetes nuttallii is a species of quillwort, a type of lycopod. Its common name is Nuttall's quillwort. This is a "primitive" plant native to western North America from British Columbia to California which grows in wet habitat such as seasonal streams. It produces pointed, cylindrical, green to gray-green leaves over 8 centimeters in maximum length. It reproduces via spherical sporangia.

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1. (c) 2011 Barry Breckling, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=393525&one=T
2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isoetes_nuttallii

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