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Scientific Name

Isoetes muelleri

Family Name

ISOETACEAE

Common Name

Quillwort

Status

Height

Flowers

None

Fruit

Spores

Form

Aquatic fern ally.

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Montane Vegetation; In lakes and rivers

Habitat Notes

Locally abundant in lowland rivers and highland lakes and are fully sumerged for most of the year but commonly emersed or fully exposed ruing low water levels in summer. Deeper running waters of the lowlands support larger plants while masses of dwarfed plants occur in some natural or man-made waters.

Site Tolerance

Waterlogged

Frost Tolerance

Soil Tolerance

Gravel; Mud; Rock

General Notes

Appears to be the hardiest member of the genus in Tasmania. Morphologically very diverse and has been found growing with all other named species of the genus in Tasmania as well as with the uncommon aquatic fern Pilularia novae-hollandiae. Suitable below powerlines.

Propagation Details

Propagation Calendar

Flowering Months

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Sowing Months

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Cutting Months

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Seed Information

Seed Collection

Spores contained in sporophylls clustered into a bulbous base

Seed Treatment Method

Seed Storage Life

Viable Seeds Per Gram

Seed Treatment Notes

Germination Time

Suitable for Direct Seeding

Cuttings

Expected Time to Take Root

Expected Time to Plant Out

Propagation by Division N.B. Transplant only from nearby to avoid disease.

Cutting Notes