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§1 Plant

Isoetes riparia Engelm. ex A. Braun var. amesii (A.A. Eaton) Proctor

vernacular Ames' quillwort — variety · Isoetaceae


USDA
ISRIA
GBIF
2688318 syn.
Rank
variety
Ames' quillwort (Isoetes riparia var. amesii)
Platephotograph · Alvin DiamondCC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Graminoid
Duration
Perennial
Group
Quillwort
Family
Isoetaceae Dumort.
Genus
Isoetes
§2a

Native status, by region

  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 12 counties across 4 states/territories
Legend Native · 12 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation

No cultivation specs.

USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.


§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 12 counties across 4 states/territories.


§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/ISRIA ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/2688318 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26

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