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§1 Plant
Marsilea macropoda Engelm. ex A. Braun
vernacular bigfoot waterclover — species · Marsileaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Fern
- Family
- Marsileaceae Mirb.
- Genus
- Marsilea
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 30 counties across 3 states/territories§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 30 counties across 3 states/territories.
Florida view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Bexar 48029
- Brown 48049
- Calhoun 48057
- Cameron 48061
- Coryell 48099
- Dimmit 48127
- Frio 48163
- Goliad 48175
- Gonzales 48177
- Harris 48201
- Hidalgo 48215
- Jackson 48239
- Karnes 48255
- Kinney 48271
- La Salle 48283
- McLennan 48309
- McMullen 48311
- Medina 48325
- Nueces 48355
- Refugio 48391
- San Patricio 48409
- Starr 48427
- Travis 48453
- Val Verde 48465
- Victoria 48469
- Webb 48479
- Wilson 48493
- Zavala 48507
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/MAMA9 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5274866 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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