Azolla caroliniana

Plant Characteristics

Habit		aquatic

Cultivation

Scientific Names

Azollaceae >

Azolla >

caroliniana >

Willd. >

If this plant info box on watering; zones; height; etc. is mostly empty you can click on the edit tab and fill in the blanks!

Azolla caroliniana (Carolina Azolla, Carolina Mosquito Fern) is an aquatic plant native to Canada. This species is often used as a freshwater aquarium plant.

Read about Azolla caroliniana in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Azolla caroliniana, Willd. Plant ¾-1 in. long: anchor-like processes of spores with septa. N. Y. to the Gulf of Mex. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

Cultivation

Gallery

• 

  photo 1

• 

  photo 2

• 

  photo 3

References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

External links

• w:Azolla caroliniana. Some of the material on this page may be from Wikipedia, under the Creative Commons license.
• Azolla caroliniana QR Code (Size 50, 100, 200, 500)