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The two Mayaca species are quite unusual plants, resembling mosses. Each is semi-aquatic, mostly growing above the water surface but sometimes submerged or partly so. The stems are much branched, barely just 1-3 inches tall, growing in very dense stands, rather mat-like. Leaves are very numerous, linear and only about 1/4-inch long. Often treated just as a single species, variously named as one or the other. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Mayaca fluviatilis   FAMILY Mayacaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Mayaca fluviatilis

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 22 (2000)

Mayaca fluviatilis

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Mayaca fluviatilis

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 034-01-002:

Mayaca fluviatilis   FAMILY Mayacaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Mayaca fluviatilis

COMMON NAME:
Stream Bogmoss

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Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_mayaca_fluviatilis1

June    Richmond County    NC

The very leafy creeping stems resemble a moss or clubmoss, hence the name, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).

 COMPARE aquatic plants

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_mayaca_fluviatilis1b

June    Richmond County    NC

Single pink flowers, 7-12mm across, grow from slender erect stalks, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Mayaca fluviatilis   FAMILY Mayacaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Mayaca fluviatilis   FAMILY Mayacaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Mayaca fluviatilis

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 22
Mayaca fluviatilis

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Mayaca fluviatilis

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 034-01-002:
Mayaca fluviatilis   FAMILY Mayacaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Mayaca fluviatilis