Mosquito Ferns
Azolla
Azolla (mosquito fern, duckweed fern, fairy moss, water fern) is a genus of seven species of aquatic ferns in the family Salviniaceae. They are extremely reduced in form and specialized, looking nothing like other typical ferns but more resembling duckweed or some mosses.
6 branches of this genus, most-observed first
water fern
speciesAzolla filiculoides
Feathered Mosquito Fern
speciesAzolla pinnata
Red Azolla
speciesAzolla rubra
eastern mosquito fern
speciesAzolla caroliniana
Mexican mosquito fern
speciesAzolla microphylla
Nile Azolla
speciesAzolla nilotica
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 52631.