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A small, bright-green, filamentour plant grows in a rocky bed

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08/15/2022

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The black-spored quillwort (Isoetes melanospora) is endemic to the U.S. states of Georgia and South Carolina and only grows in shallow, temporary pools on granite outcrops.

Ecosystem

Wetland

Species

Isoetes melanospora

Subject tags

Aquatic plants

Plants

Rocks

Wetlands

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