Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Nuttall's Quillwort
Description
Physical Description
Habit: Graminoid
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,944 meters (0 to 6,378 feet).[1]
Biology
Reproduction
Duration: Perennial
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
)
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
)
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
)
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Lycophytina
(
)
- Infraphylum:
Lycophytae
(
)
- (Auct.) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Class:
Lycopodiopsida
(
)
- Bartl.
- Order:
Isoetales
(
)
- Prantl, 1874
- Family:
Isoetaceae
(
)
- Reichenbach f., 1828
- quillworts
- Genus:
Isoetes
(
)
- C. Linnaeus, 1753
- Specific epithet:
nuttallii
- A.Braun
- Botanical name: - Isoetes nuttallii A.Braun
- Specific epithet:
nuttallii
- A.Braun
- Genus:
Isoetes
(
- Family:
Isoetaceae
(
- Order:
Isoetales
(
- Class:
Lycopodiopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Lycophytae
(
- Subphylum:
Lycophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Synonyms
Calamaria nuttallii (A.Braun) Kuntze
Notes
Publishing author : A.Braun
Similar Species
Members of the genus Isoetes
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 68 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
I. acadiensis (Acadian Quillwort) · I. appalachiana (Appalachian Quillwort) · I. bolanderi (Bolander Quillwort) · I. bolanderi var. bolanderi (Bolander's Quillwort) · I. boomii (Boom's Quillwort) · I. brittonii (Britton's Quillwort) · I. butleri (Butler's Quillwort) · I. dodgei (Dodge's Quillwort) · I. eatonii (Eaton's Quillwort) · I. echinospora Durieu var. echinospora Durieu (Spiny-Spored Quillwort) · I. echinospora var. brittoni (Spiny-Spored Quillwort) · I. echinospora var. flettii (Spiny-Spored Quillwort) · I. engelmannii (Appalachian Quillwort) · I. engelmannii var. engelmannii (Engelmann's Quillwort) · I. flaccida (Southern Quillwort) · I. flaccida Shuttlw. ex A.Braun var. alata N.E.Pfeiffer (Southern Quillwort) · I. flaccida Shuttlw. ex A.Braun var. chapmanii Engelm. (Chapman's Quillwort) · I. flaccida Shuttlw. ex A.Braun var. flaccida Shuttlw. ex A.Braun (Southern Quillwort) · I. flaccida var. alata (Southern Quillwort) · I. flaccida var. chapmanii (Chapman's Quillwort) · I. flaccida var. flaccida (Southern Quillwort) · I. flaccida var. rigida (Southern Quillwort) · I. foveolata (Quillwort) · I. georgiana (Georgia Quillwort) · I. harveyi (Harvey's Quillwort) · I. hawaiiensis (Hawai'i Quillwort) · I. heterospora (Quillwort) · I. hickeyi (Hickey's Quillwort) · I. howellii (Howell's Quillwort) · I. hyemalis (Evergreenquillwort) · I. jeffreyi (Jeffrey's Quillwort) · I. junciformis (Rush Quillwort) · I. lacustris (Lake Quillwort) · I. lithophila (Rock Quillwort) · I. louisianensis (Louisiana Quillwort) · I. maritima (Maritime Quillwort) · I. melanopoda (Blackfoot Quillwort) · I. melanospora (Black-Spored Quillwort) · I. nuttallii (Nuttall's Quillwort) · I. nuttallii var. nuttallii (Nuttall's Quillwort) · I. occidentalis (Lake Quillwort) · I. olympica (Olympic Quillwort) · I. orcuttii (Orcutt's Quillwort) · I. piedmontana (Peidmont Quillwort) · I. prototypus (Spike Quillwort) · I. riparia (Riverbank Quillwort) · I. riparia var. amesii (Ames' Quillwort) · I. riparia var. amesii (A.A.Eat.) Proctor (Ames' Quillwort) · I. riparia var. riparia (Shore Quillwort) · I. riparia var. riparia Engelm. ex A.Braun (Quillwort) · I. saccharata (Riverbank Quillwort) · I. setacea (Spring Quillwort) · I. tegetiformans (Mat-Forming Quillwort) · I. tenella (Spiny-Spore Quillwort) · I. truncata (Quillwort) · I. tuckermanii (Tuckerman's Quillwort) · I. valida (Strong Quillwort) · I. velata var. boryana (Nnari) · I. virginica (Virginia Quillwort) · I. × brittonii (Britton's Quillwort) · I. x dodgei (Dodge's Quillwort) · I. x eatonii (Eaton's Quillwort) · I. x foveolata (Pitted Quillwort) · I. x harveyi (Harvey's Quillwort) · I. x heterospora (Quillwort) · I. × hickeyi (Hickey's Quillwort) · I. × jeffreyi (Jeffrey's Quillwort) · I. x truncata (Truncate Quillwort)
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Further Reading
- An illustrated flora of the Pacific States: Washington, Oregon, and California. Stanford University, Stanford University Press, 1923-[60] url p. 38.
- Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 11 1906 Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1890- url p. 88.
- Ferns and fern allies of Canada / [Ottawa]: Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, 1989. url p. 155, p. 329, p. 69, p. 71.
- Flora of the northwest coast, including the area west of the summit of the Cascade Mountains, from the forty-ninth parallel south to the Calapooia Mountains on the south border of Lane County, Oregon. Lancaster, Pa., Press of the New Era Printing Company, 1915. url .
- Flora of the state of Washington / by Charles V. Piper. Washington: G.P.O., 1906 url p. 88.
- Montana wetland field evaluation: form and instructions / prepared by Jeff Berglund, Morrison-Maierle Environmental Corporation. Helena, Mont.: Morrison-Maierle Environmental Corporation, 1996. url p. 2.
- Montana wetlands management study / prepared for Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation. Denver, Colo.: Bureau of Reclamation, [1992] url p. 26.
- Phytologia. Bronx Park, New York, H.A. Gleason and H.N. Moldenke, url p. 73.
- Plant morphology. New York, McGraw-Hill, 1953. url p. 241, p. 244.
- Syllogeus. Ottawa, National Museum of Natural Sciences, 1972-1995. url p. 117, p. 62.
- The Canadian field-naturalist. Ottawa, Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club. url p. 160.
- The developmental anatomy of Isoetes. Urbana, University of Illinois Press, 1963. url p. 1, p. 2, p. 43.
- The fern allies of North America north of Mexico, New York, F. A. Stokes company[1905] url p. x.
- Woodhawk botanical survey, Fergus County, Montana, Lewistown District of the Bureau of Land Management / Helena, Mont.: Montana Natural Heritage Program, c1997. url .
- Zoe:a biological journal. 1 1890 San Diego, Calif. [etc.]Zoe Publishing Co. url p. 99.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 31, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 25, 2007:
- Berkeley Natural History Museums, University and Jepson Herbaria DiGIR provider
- Canadian Museum of Nature, Canadian Museum of Nature Herbarium
- Oregon State University, Vascular Plant Collection
- USDA PLANTS, USDA PLANTS Database
- University of Washington Burke Museum, Vascular Plant Collection - University of Washington Herbarium
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2644411
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-17137
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13728336
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:130578-2
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 17137
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 1009500-1
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PPISO010F0
- U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: ISNU
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 44556
Footnotes
- Mean = 651.950 meters (2,138.944 feet), Standard Deviation = 594.240 based on 96 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
