Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 034-01-001:

Mayaca aubletii   FAMILY Mayacaceae

COMMON NAME:
Aublet's Bogmoss

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

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Mayaca fluviatilis   FAMILY Mayacaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 034-01-001:
Mayaca aubletii   FAMILY Mayacaceae