Links to genera Ferns and Horsetails (Monilophytes) Clubmosses and Quillworts (Lycophytes)
|
| Isoetes histrix • Land Quillwort
|
| Isoetes histrix Bory; Land Quillwort
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Cornwall, March. With 5p coin for scale. |
 | Cornwall, March. With 1p coin for scale. |
 |
| Cornwall, late March |
 | Cornwall, late March |
 |
| The leaves have stomata arranged in two rows, a good way of distinguishing it from similar nearby plants. Cornwall, late March |
 |
Microscope view of leaf showing the two rows of stomata. Cornwall, late March |
 |
| Cornwall, late March |
 | Cornwall, late March. With Thrift (Armeria maritima) above left, and Spring Squill (Scilla verna) above right |
 |
| Cornwall, late March |
 | Cornwall, late March |
 |
| Cornwall, late March |
 | A mass of small rosette-forming plants including Spring Squill (Scilla verna), Thrift (Armeria maritima), Sedges (Carex sp.), and Isoetes Histrix (towards centre of photograph) on the Lizard peninsula, Cornwall, late March |
 |
|
|
