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Summary
Physical Characteristics
Azolla filiculoides is a PERENNIAL growing to 0.1 m (0ft 4in) at a fast rate.
See above for USDA hardiness. It is hardy to UK zone 7 and is not frost tender. The species is hermaphrodite (has both male and female organs).
It can fix Nitrogen.
Suitable for: light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils. Suitable pH: mildly acid, neutral and basic (mildly alkaline) soils. It can grow in semi-shade (light woodland) or no shade. It can grow in water.
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Synonyms
Plant Habitats
Pond;
Edible Uses
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Medicinal Uses
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None known
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Other Uses
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Cultivation details
Requires a sunny or lightly shaded position in still or slowly flowing water. Plants are not very cold tolerant, surviving overwintering in colder winter areas by means of submerged resting buds[200]. Plants seldom reproduce by spores[200]. This species has a symbiotic relationship with an algae which fixes atmospheric nitrogen[200].
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Plant Propagation
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Other Names
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Native Range
NORTHERN AMERICA: Canada (British Columbia), United States (Oregon, Arizona, California (west)), Mexico (Chihuahua, Sinaloa, Baja California (Norte), Colima, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, México, Michoacán de Ocampo, Morelos, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro, Tabasco, Tlaxcala, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, Ciudad de México) SOUTHERN AMERICA: Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Argentina, Chile, Paraguay PACIFIC: United States (Hawaii)
Weed Potential
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Conservation Status
IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants Status :
Growth: S = slow M = medium F = fast. Soil: L = light (sandy) M = medium H = heavy (clay). pH: A = acid N = neutral B = basic (alkaline). Shade: F = full shade S = semi-shade N = no shade. Moisture: D = dry M = Moist We = wet Wa = water.
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Author
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Botanical References
200270
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