Lake quillwort, Isoetes lacustris, is an aquatic lycophyte, a fern ally of the family Isoetaceae, native to the cold, clear, nutrient-poor lakes of northern and montane Europe, where it grows fully submerged, rooted in sediment near the shore. Its quill-like leaves radiate from a small corm-like base, and along with other quillwort species it plays a distinctive ecological role by drawing carbon dioxide from the sediment rather than the surrounding water, a specialized carbon-fixing strategy unusual among aquatic plants.
Facts
Scientific Name Conservation Status Classification
Living or Extinct Connections
Child Taxon Of
Source Wikidata: Lake Quillwort
In Biome
Lake, Biomes Source Wikidata: Lake Quillwort
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Bulgaria, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Iceland, found in there.
Sources
1. Wikidata: Lake Quillwort
Wikidata- Wikidata Q1192790, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
Statements section, conservation status (P141)
IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
- Wikidata Q1192790 (P225 taxon name)
- Wikidata P141 (IUCN conservation status) claim, entity QID Q1192790
- Child Taxon Of: Quillwort, Wikidata P171 (parent taxon) claim, rank=normal, target=Q877973 (Quillwort)
- In Biome: Lake, Introduction
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