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 |  |  |  |  |  |   |  American water fern, duckweed fern  |  Golden Gate National Recreation Area  |  |   |   |   | Record Status: Approved  |  Occurrence:  | Present  |  Nativeness:  | Native  |  Abundance:  | Uncommon  |  |   |  Scientific Name with Authority:  |  |  Park Preferred Common Name(s):  | American water fern, duckweed fern  |  Park Synonyms:  |  |  |   |   | Kingdom Plantae, Phylum Tracheophyta, Subphylum Polypodiophytina, Subclass Polypodiidae, Order Salviniales, Family Salviniaceae, Genus Azolla, Species Azolla filiculoides  |  
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 |  |  |  |  |  Park Tags:  |  Subunit - Giacomini  |  
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 |  |  |  |  |  Threatened/Endangered Status:  |   |  State Species of Concern Status:  |   |  Ozone-sensitive Status:  |   |  NatureServe Global Rank:  | G5  |  NatureServe State Rank:  | CA: SNR  |  Evidence:  | 1 Observations, 1 Vouchers, 3 Data Store References, 2 External Links  |  
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 |  |  |  Other Parks Where Species is Listed:  |   |  Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park  | Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens  |  Pinnacles National Park  | Point Reyes National Seashore  |  Presidio of San Francisco  | Redwood National Park  |  Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area  | Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks  |  
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 |  | NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database.  IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies.  Accessed 11/4/2025 5:43:34 AM  |  
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 | NatureServe Global Rank and State Rank  NatureServe. 2017. NatureServe Web Service. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. Available http://services.natureserve.org. Accessed: 12/4/2017. Updated quarterly. This information is provided by NatureServe (www.natureserve.org) and its network of natural heritage member programs, a leading source of information about rare and endangered species, and threatened ecosystems.  |  
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