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 Louisiana Quillwort - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Louisiana Quillwort (Isoetes louisianensis) is a small, grass-like aquatic plant of the family Isoetaceae.
The Louisiana Quillwort occurs predominantly on sand and gravel bars on small to medium-sized streams.
The Louisiana Quillwort was discovered recently, in 1972, and was listed as an endangered species in 1992.
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 Louisiana Quillwort - Buras High School   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The Louisiana Quillwort is a small, grasslike, aquatic plant.
The quillworts are seedless vascular plants, which reproduce by spores and are closely related to ferns.
The Louisiana quillwort is extremely vulnerable due to its small range.
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The Louisiana quillwort is a small, semi-aquatic, facultative evergreen plant with spirally arranged leaves (sporophylls) arising from a globose, two-lobed corm.
The Louisiana quillwort may be directly or indirectly impacted by construction activities that destroy their colonies, or that reduce their habitat via water quality degradation or changes in stream morphology.
In Louisiana, it occurs in the Bogue Chitto River south of Franklinton, and in the Pearl River north of Louisiana Highway 190 in St. Tammany and Washington Parishes.
www.fema.gov /txt/plan/ehp/noma/fws-letter.txt   (2590 words)

  
 Louisiana - Flora and fauna   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Forests in Louisiana consist of four major types: shortleaf pine uplands, slash and longleaf pine flats and hills, hardwood forests in alluvial basins, and cypress and tupelo swamps.
Among the state's wildflowers are the ground orchid and several hyacinths; two species (Louisiana quillwort and American chaffseed) were listed as endangered in 2003.
Louisiana's varied habitats—tidal marshes, swamps woodlands, and prairies—offer a diversity of fauna.
www.city-data.com /states/Louisiana-Flora-and-fauna.html   (250 words)

  
 CPC Plant Profile - National Collection of Endangered Plants
Quillworts are primitive, seedless vascular plants and reproduce by spores.
The Louisiana quillwort is thought to be one of the rarest quillworts in North America and inhabits cool, clear creeks and roots in sand and gravel a few inches to a few feet under water.
Louisiana Quillwort is associated with Viola primulifolia (Primrose-leafed Violet), Scirpus divaricatus (Bullrush), Justicia lanceolata (Water-willow, Hypoxis leptocarpa (Yellow-star Grass), Xyris species (Yellow-eyed Grass) and Carex species (Sedge), Nyssa sylvatica var.
www.centerforplantconservation.org /ASP/CPC_ViewProfile.asp?CPCNum=2345   (1230 words)

  
 LOUISIANA QUILLWORT, Isoetes louisianensis   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Their slender quill-like leaves arise from a short fleshy stem (corm) that is shallowly rooted in the substrate.
In Washington Parish, a population of the Louisiana quillwort occurs in the Bogue Chitto River drainage with plants in a short reach of Mill Creek and two of its tributaries (Thigpen Creek and Clearwater Creek).
HABITAT: The Louisiana quillwort occurs predominately on sand and gravel bars on small to medium-sized streams.
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 Interior Activity & Accomplishments   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Louisiana is also home to three National Historical Places, including the New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park, which was established to celebrate the origins and evolution of America's most widely recognized indigenous musical art form.
Both the Fish and Wildlife Service and the USGS are two of the partners from the federal government working with the State and local communities to address both the science of coastal and wetlands losses to the protection and restoration of them.
Louisiana is one of four states that allows oil and gas development on its coastal areas.
www.nbc.gov /accomplishments/accomplishments.cfm?states=LA   (5132 words)

  
 Threatened and Endangered Species of Louisiana Database Tables from LSU Coastal Ecology Institute source data, LOSCO ...
In no event shall the Louisiana Oil Spill Coordinator's Office (LOSCO) be liable for direct, indirect, incidental, consequential or special damages of any kind, including, but not limited to, loss of anticipated profits or benefits arising out of use of or reliance on the data.
The LOSCO does not accept liability for any damages or misrepresentation caused by inaccuracies in the data or as a result of changes to the data caused by system transfers or other transformations or conversions, nor is there responsibility assumed to maintain the data in any manner or form.
Contact the distribution contact for instructions on obtaining a copy of the 'Louisiana GIS CD: A Digital Map of the State' of which this dataset is a part.
lagic.lsu.edu /metadata/losco/threat_endangered_species_lsu/threat_endangered_species.html   (1423 words)

  
 The Nature Conservancy in Louisiana - The Conservancy and Washington-St. Tammany Electric Cooperate for Nature
Twenty-four species of plants considered rare, threatened or endangered by the Louisiana Natural Heritage Program have been located on the tract thus far, and many more are likely to be found.
The Nature Conservancy of Louisiana is a part of the largest international non-profit land conservation organization that accomplishes its work by forming partnerships with corporations, foundations, individuals, federal agencies and state agencies who share concern for Louisiana’s natural resources.
For over 15 years, The Nature Conservancy of Louisiana and their partners have conserved over a quarter of a million acres of the best of Louisiana.
nature.org /wherewework/northamerica/states/louisiana/press/press715.html   (467 words)

  
 The Nature Conservancy in Louisiana - East Gulf Coastal Plain
Some of the animals considered imperiled include the inflated heelspittter mussel, Gulf of Mexico sturgeon, ringed sawback turtle, gopher tortoise, Red-cockaded Woodpecker and Louisiana fl bear, all of which are listed as threatened or endangered in Louisiana.
Some of the globally imperiled plants found in this region are the Louisiana quillwort, bog spicebush and Correll's false dragonhead.
One of the earliest land acquisition projects attempted by the Conservancy in Louisiana was the purchase of over 20,000 acres of bottomland forest in the Pearl River Basin, which served to link Pearl River Wildlife Management Area with Bogue Chitto National Wildlife Refuge.
www.nature.org /wherewework/northamerica/states/louisiana/preserves/art6869.html   (1144 words)

  
 Environmental Atlas of Lake Pontchartrain
Historically, the Pleistocene Terraces in Louisiana have been referred to as the Florida Parishes.
Consequently, the populations of the Florida Parishes are growing faster than anywhere else in the Basin, according to 1999 U.S. Census Bureau statistics (see Population Character of the Lake Pontchartrain Basin).
Tammany, with a growth of 33.5%, has been the fastest growing parish in Louisiana for more than a decade.
pubs.usgs.gov /of/2002/of02-206/env-status/florida.html   (865 words)

  
 Trust for Public Land--Conservation and Parks for People.
Various wildlife routinely use bayous and streams such as Bayou Liberty to move through the watershed, migrating from the pine uplands of the headwaters to the coastal marshes along the shore of Lake Pontchartrain.
The fern-like semi-aquatic quillwort is extremely vulnerable because of its small population size and because suitable flwater stream habitats are rare in Louisiana."
In Louisiana, TPL has helped protect 14,500 acres in the state, including land on Louisiana's coast and rivers, and in urban centers and developing suburban communities.
www.tpl.org /tier3_cd.cfm?content_item_id=18316   (550 words)

  
 Species Profile
States in which the Louisiana quillwort is known to occur: Louisiana, Mississippi
ETWP; Determination of Endangered Status for the Plant Isoetes louisianensis (Louisiana Quillwort); 57 FR 48741 48747
ITIS Reports -- ITIS (the Integrated Taxonomic Information System) is a source for authoritative taxonomic information on plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of North America and the world.
ecos.fws.gov /SpeciesProfile?spcode=S00T   (174 words)

  
 Amazon.com: quillwort   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Welsh Ferns: clubmosses, quillworts & horsetails: discriptive handbook by HYDE and WADE (Hardcover - 1978)
Louisiana quillwort, Isoetes louisianensis Thieret: Technical/agency draft recovery plan by Julia Larke (Unknown Binding - 1995)
Recovery plan for the Louisiana quillwort (Isoetes louisianensis Thieret) by Julia Larke (Unknown Binding - 1996)
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 EPA: Federal Register: Receipt of Application for Endangered Species Permit
The applicant requests authorization to remove and reduce to whole possession specimens of the Louisiana quillwort, Isoetes louisianensis, and the American chaffseed, Schwalbea americana.
The purposes of removal to whole possession for the Louisiana quillwort are to conduct genetic tests to differentiate species within the genus Isoetes, to collect voucher specimens, and to conduct population surveys.
The purposes of removal to whole possession for the American chaffseed are to collect voucher specimens and to conduct population surveys.
www.epa.gov /fedrgstr/EPA-SPECIES/2001/March/Day-20/e6806.htm   (692 words)

  
 Archives: Story
FRANKLINTON - Over the next nine months, Louisiana's newest state park will begin to take shape - on paper, at least - in western Washington Parish as planners, designers and residents create a "wish list" for the 1,500-acre site.
Navigable streams wind throughout the park nurturing rare forms of wildlife such as Gulf sturgeon, bobcats and gopher tortoises, and endangered plant species like the Louisiana Quillwort, which is on the verge of extinction.
Randy Thomas, who chaired the site selection committee that chose the Fricke's Cave area between Louisiana Highways 16 and 25, said when he walked the land he had visions of being in the Smokey Mountains.
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 Quillwort - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The best way to identify them is by examining the megaspores under a microscope.
Several species of Isoetes are commonly called Merlin's grass, especially I.
This page was last modified 07:41, 24 November 2006.
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Present in the Texas flora and known locally as: Rock Quillwort (Texas Distribution by vegetation zone).
Listed by the U.S. as endangered, the FWS local name is Louisiana quillwort and the FWS range is: U.S.A. FWS Listing information: volume 57 Federal Register 46747; October 28, 1992.
Present in the Texas flora and known locally as: Blackfoot Quillwort (Texas Distribution by vegetation zone).
www.csdl.tamu.edu /FLORA/cgi/ruled_html_query?colldir=kartesz/mgdata&collname=bonap98&query=Isoetes   (401 words)

  
 Money Hill Golf & Country Club -- The Lifestyle You Deserve
Money Hill contains one of the last remaining functional sites in southeast Louisiana that supports a mosaic of quality or restorable longleaf pine forests and pine wetlands.
The Money Hill preserve supports the federally-listed gopher tortoise and Louisiana quillwort.
The Money Hill preserve supports over 40 other state and globally-rare species of plants and animals, many of which are restricted to the longleaf pine ecosystem.
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 arthritis pain relief - Louisiana Quillwort
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The Louisiana Quillwort occurs predominately on sand and gravel bars on small to medium-sized streams.
Distinctive characteristics of this species include brown-spotted sporangial walls and megaspores with highly reticulate ridges, producing a spiny effect.
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 Mississippi - Flora and fauna
Listed as threatened in 2003 was Price's potato-bean; listed as endangered were the Louisiana quillwort, pondberry, and American chaffseed.
Rare species in Mississippi include the hoary bat, American oystercatcher, mole salamander, pigmy killifish, Yazoo darker, and five species of crayfish.
Listed as threatened or endangered in 2003 were 34 species, including the American and Louisiana fl bears, eastern indigo snake, Indiana bat, Mississippi sandhill crane, bald eagle, Mississippi gopher frog, brown pelican, red-cockaded woodpecker, five species of sea turtle, and the bayou darter.
www.city-data.com /states/Mississippi-Flora-and-fauna.html   (219 words)

  
 Isoetes louisianensis Thieret - Louisiana quillwort
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 FWS List (Isoetaceae)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Isoetes louisianensis (Louisiana quillwort) -- Distribution: U.S.A. Listed on October 28, 1992 (Volume 57 Federal Register 46747).
Isoetes melanospora (Black-spored quillwort) -- Distribution: U.S.A. Listed on February 5, 1988 (Volume 53 Federal Register 3565).
Isoetes tegetiformans (Mat-forming quillwort) -- Distribution: U.S.A. Listed on February 5, 1988 (Volume 53 Federal Register 3565).
www.csdl.tamu.edu /FLORA/tfp/fwsxxiso.htm   (89 words)

  
 Preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Renewal of the Special Use Permit for Military ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Significant Issues: Camp Shelby contains approximately 134,000 acres of land some of which serves as habitat for protected flora and fauna.
This includes one Federally listed endangered plant species (Louisiana Quillwort), one Federally listed threatened species (Gopher Tortoise) and two Federal candidate species (Camp Shelby Burrowing Crawfish and the Black Pine Snake).
Camp Shelby also contains over six historic cemeteries that are fenced and protected from any disturbance.
www.washingtonwatchdog.org /documents/fr/03/se/04/fr04se03-36.html   (548 words)

  
 A Neighborly Observation - Spring 2006 Greener Roadsides Newsletter - Roadside Vegetation Management - FHWA
Over 100 miles of wildland urban interface have been cleared.
Thriffiley, an ecologist, and his crew are in the field daily, surveying in support of a salvage/recovery operation to locate the endangered Louisiana quillwort.
They have found 17 new locations for this endangered plant since Katrina!
www.fhwa.dot.gov /ENVIRonment/greenerroadsides/winspr06p10.htm   (623 words)

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