OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Lycophytes: Selaginellales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Bryodesma tortipilum   FAMILY Selaginellaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Selaginella tortipila   FAMILY Selaginellaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Selaginella tortipila

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Selaginella tortipila

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 2 (1993)

Selaginella tortipila

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 004-01-003:

Selaginella tortipila   FAMILY Selaginellaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)

Selaginella tortipila

 

COMMON NAME:
Twisted-hair Spikemoss


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image of Bryodesma tortipilum, Twisted-hair Spikemoss

JK Marlow    jkm220315_6075

March    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

The small, tightly overlapping, linear leaves have apical, twisted bristles, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011).

image of Bryodesma tortipilum, Twisted-hair Spikemoss

JK Marlow    s070920_g

September    Pickens County    SC

Poe Creek State Forest

image of Bryodesma tortipilum, Twisted-hair Spikemoss

JK Marlow    jkm141030_480

October    Greenville County    SC

Wildcat Falls Wayside Park

image of Bryodesma tortipilum, Twisted-hair Spikemoss

JK Marlow    jkm141030_482

October    Greenville County    SC

Wildcat Falls Wayside Park

Common name derived from the twisted bristle which terminates each tiny leaf, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011).

image of Bryodesma tortipilum, Twisted-hair Spikemoss

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmstortipilla_br1

Month Unknown        

image of Bryodesma tortipilum, Twisted-hair Spikemoss

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmstortipilla_br3

Month Unknown        

A mat-forming species superficially resembling a large moss, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Bryodesma tortipilum   FAMILY Selaginellaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Selaginella tortipila   FAMILY Selaginellaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Selaginella tortipila

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Selaginella tortipila

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 2
Selaginella tortipila

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 004-01-003:
Selaginella tortipila   FAMILY Selaginellaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Selaginella tortipila

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1357

Fern/Fern ally
Perennial

Habitat: rock outcrops, mostly at high elevations, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon in Mountains, rare in Piedmont

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LEAVES:
Simple - scale-like

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall

 

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