[Ferns of Mt. Adams Country]

Pepperwort, Clover-fern

Marsilea vestita

Synonyms: Marsilea fournieri, Marsilea mucronata, Marsilea tenuifolia, Marsilea uncinata, Marsilea vestita ssp. tenuifolia, Marsilea vestita ssp. vestita

Pepperwort, Clover-fern: Marsilea vestita (Synonyms: Marsilea fournieri, Marsilea mucronata, Marsilea tenuifolia, Marsilea uncinata, Marsilea vestita ssp. tenuifolia, Marsilea vestita ssp. vestita)

The photo above shows a close-up of the clover-like leaves of pepperwort floating atop the surface of the water in the central canal to the west of Lakeside Road at Conboy Lake NWR.........July 16, 2008.

Locations Where Deer Fern has been seen on Mt. Adams:

1. In canals and channels with slow currents, or no water movement to the west of Lakeside Road in Conboy Lake NWR.


Pepperwort, Clover-fern: Marsilea vestita (Synonyms: Marsilea fournieri, Marsilea mucronata, Marsilea tenuifolia, Marsilea uncinata, Marsilea vestita ssp. tenuifolia, Marsilea vestita ssp. vestita)

The photo above shows the clover-like leaves of pepperwort floating atop the surface of the water in the central canal to the west of Lakeside Road at Conboy Lake NWR..........July 16, 2008.

Paul Slichter