Common name: Mosquito Plant
Family: Salviniaceae
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Country of Origin: Mass to Wisc., s to W. Indies
Description: Azolla is a moss-like, free-floating fern widely distributed throughout the tropics and sub-tropics. Azollas live symbiotically with the blue-green alga, Anabaena, which inhabits a small cavity found in the base of each leaf.
Uses:
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USDA Zone: 7b-11
Source: Unknown
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Classification:
- Division: Ferns
- Class: Polypodiopsida
- SubClass: Polypodiidae
- Order: Salviniales
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- Family: Salviniaceae
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References:
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Tuesday, April 17, 2018.
- Azolla caroliniana at ARS-GRIN. Last accessed on Tuesday, April 17, 2018.
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