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.
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DietPhotosynthetic Autotroph 1 System (Realm) Living or Extinct Scientific Name Conservation Status Comparison
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Source Wikidata: Lake Quillwort
In Biome
Lake, Biomes Source Wikidata: Lake Quillwort
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1. Isoetes lacustris (Wikipedia)
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G5
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Isoetes lacustris, the lake quillwort or Merlin's grass, is a boreal quillwort native on both sides of the northern Atlantic Ocean.
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Further south, isolated populations occur in the glacial lakes of the Pirin mountain range in Bulgaria.
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Further south, isolated populations occur in the glacial lakes of the Pirin mountain range in Bulgaria.
View the Source2. 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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Lead, whole group is photosyntheticQuote, Lead, whole group is photosynthetic
They are predominantly photosynthetic or came from photosynthetic ancestors, meaning that they obtain their energy from sunlight by using the green pigment chlorophyll in their chloroplasts to produce sugars from carbon dioxide and water.
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