Azolla is like carpet.
It lies on the top of the water.
Photographed in
the Warriewood Wetlands by
Mrs J.C.Bennett
October 1998

Azolla filiculoides is variable in shape due to irregular branching and has thin, broad, much overlapping leaves. Each leaf can be very small and, bunched together, they look like carpet.

HABITAT : It likes to live on the surfaces of slow-moving or stagnant water.

DISTRIBUTION : It occurs all over Australia.