Isoetes lacustris L., 1753 33% complete

Lake quillwort

Sp. Pl.: 1100 (1753)


Data sources

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Sourced5 Differs from sources3 Source not recorded13 Not on the record6 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author L. No source recorded
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Bibliography Sp. Pl.: 1100 (1753) No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
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Rank species No source recorded
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Status accepted No source recorded
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Year 1753 No source recorded
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Descriptive
Common name Lake quillwort No source recorded
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Observations Europe to Siberia, Greenland, C. & E. Canada to NC. & NE. U.S.A. No source recorded
Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height 13 cm
  • 12.5 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 116, 174, 178, 500, 918
Differs from sources
Biological type hydrophyte
  • hydrophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 174, 178, 500, 918
Sourced
Foliage texture fine Sourced
Growth habit Graminoid No source recorded
Source not recorded
Maximum height empty Not on the record
Sexuality empty Not on the record
Vegetable false No source recorded
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Phenology
Bloom months aug, sep, oct, nov Differs from sources
Duration perennial Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity 9 / 9 · saturated air No source recorded
Source not recorded
Ground humidity empty No source recorded
1 earlier or rejected value
  • Rejected 12 / 12 · deep or submerged aquatic, 1 to 3 m · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Not on the record
Light 7 / 9 · half-light to light
  • 7 / 9 · half-light to light · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489
Sourced
Nitrogen fixation empty Not on the record
Ph maximum pH 5.5 No source recorded
Source not recorded
Ph minimum pH 5 No source recorded
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Soil nutriments 2 / 9 · very poor (peroligotrophic)
  • 1 / 9 · extremely poor (hyperoligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Differs from sources
Soil salinity 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils
  • 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 174, 178, 242, 489
Sourced
Other
Soil ph indicator — Not on the record
Temperature indicator — Not on the record