Lycophytes: Selaginellales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Selaginella apoda
FAMILY
Selaginellaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Selaginella apoda
FAMILY
Selaginellaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Selaginella apoda
SYNONYMOUS WITH The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014)
Selaginella apoda var. apoda
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of Virginia (Weakley, Ludwig & Townsend, 2012)
Lycopodioides apodum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)
Selaginella apoda var. apoda
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Selaginella apoda
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 2 (1993)
Selaginella apoda
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 004-01-001:
Selaginella apoda FAMILY Selaginellaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Diplostachyum apodum
COMMON NAME:
Meadow Spikemoss
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_seap3_001_lvd
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmsapoda_twinf1
Month Unknown Pickens County SC
Lateral stems creeping (or the tips sometimes slightly ascending), per Weakley's Flora (2012).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmsapoda_twinf3
Month Unknown Pickens County SC
Often overlooked by vascular plant botanists as a moss or liverwort, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmsapoda_twinf3b
Month Unknown Pickens County SC
Lateral leaves of the main stem ovate, margins dentate-serrate, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Selaginella apoda
FAMILY
Selaginellaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Selaginella apoda
FAMILY
Selaginellaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Selaginella apoda
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014)
Selaginella apoda var. apoda
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of Virginia (Weakley, Ludwig & Townsend, 2012)
Lycopodioides apodum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)
Selaginella apoda var. apoda
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Selaginella apoda
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 2
Selaginella apoda
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 004-01-001:
Selaginella apoda
FAMILY
Selaginellaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Diplostachyum apodum
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Fern/Fern ally
Perennial
Habitat: seepages, bogs, spray cliffs, stream margins, wet meadows, marsh edges, wet spots in lawns, other moist habitats, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Leaves 4-ranked, upper and lower ranks smaller than lateral
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia (Snyder & Bruce, 1986) p218
- The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014) p076
- Ferns of Alabama (Short & Spaulding, 2012) p097
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p108
- Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America p374
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