Isoetes melanopoda Gay & Durieu ex Durieu Isoetaceae
Comments: econdary forest on E side of CR 145, 1 mi. N of US 45 and about 1.75 mi. S of Shubuta, Wayne County, Mississippi. 17 June. Plants in what appear to be vehicle ruts as well as braided stream, now dry. Truncated phyllopodia (shorter than usual) present on all plants examined. This specimen exhibits megaspore polymorphism as well as a branching rhizomorph. Lateral edge of rhizomorph, abscission cap removed. Soil is a heavy clay. 31° 50' 16.9" North, 88° 41' 13.5" West (31.838017, -88.687097). With: Peter Schafran
Added: 6/26/13
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