Common Name: Mosquito Fern

Family: Azollaceae

Description: This fern, found in ponds, slow streams and bayous, appears as a mass of floating plants. It's leaves appear reddish in the sun but a gray-green in the sade. The upper and lower lobes are in 2 overlapping rows.

Distribution: al,ar,ct,de,fl,ga,il,in,ka,ky,la,md,ma,mi,ms,mo,
ne,nh,nj,ny,nc,oh,ok,pa,sc,sd,tn,tx,va,wv,pr