species
Azolla filiculoides
Duckweed fern · Large mosquito fern · Pacific mosquitofern · Water fern
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Azolla filiculoides belongs to the family Salviniaceae, also known as Duckweed fern, Large mosquito fern, Pacific mosquitofern or Water fern, introduced to the UK. It grows in full sun or part shade, where the ground is neutral or alkaline and in poorly drained or boggy conditions.
Assembled from the attributes recorded below.
What this plant needs
- Aspect
- Full sun, Part shade
- Acidity
- Neutral, Alkaline
- Moisture
- Poorly drained, Boggy
- In the UK
- Introduced
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