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Photographer: John Kohout
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Family Azollaceae
Azolla caroliniana Willd.
Carolina mosquito-fern, eastern mosquito-fern
Azolla: name obscure
caroliniana: from Carolinas
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | annual, aquatic fern either dark green, completely dark red or with just the edges bright red; free-floating or in 1 1/2" thick multi-layered mats |
| Fruit: | frequently infertile; megaspores unpitted and densely covered with tangling filaments |
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