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Mosquito Fern

Azolla sp.

Description:

The plant with the reddish leaves is the Azolla sp. fern. There is either one or two other unidentified plants in these images

Habitat:

Suburban swamp. Coastal lowlands. Used as part of a natural system to pacify and clean storm water and urban runoff

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1 Comment

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 11 years ago

Nice. "The myth that no mosquito can penetrate the coating of fern to lay its eggs in the water gives the plant its common name "mosquito fern". wiki

StephenSolomons
Spotted by
StephenSolomons

New South Wales, Australia

Spotted on Jan 27, 2013
Submitted on Jan 27, 2013

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