Lycophytes: Lycopodiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lycopodium clavatum
FAMILY
Lycopodiaceae
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Learn more about Staghorn Clubmoss from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina website.
Read about the ancient and interesting fern allies known as clubmosses from the Prince William Wildflower Society.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lycopodium clavatum
FAMILY
Lycopodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lycopodium clavatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Lycopodium clavatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 003-01-007:
Lycopodium clavatum FAMILY Lycopodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Lycopodium clavatum
COMMON NAME:
Staghorn Clubmoss, Running Clubmoss, Ground-pine
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_lycl_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm170224_257
February Haywood County NC
Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District
Principal leafy stems creeping, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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JK Marlow jkm170224_259
February Haywood County NC
Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District
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JK Marlow jkm170224_260
February Haywood County NC
Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District
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JK Marlow jkm160504_417
May Jackson County NC
Panthertown
Rhizome is above ground, with leaves like those of the upright stems, per Ferns of the Smokies (Evans, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm160504_418b
May Jackson County NC
Panthertown
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JK Marlow jkm060710_157b
July Tucker County WV
Monongahela National Forest
Strobili borne on elongate, sparsely leafy peduncles, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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JK Marlow jkm060710_163
July Tucker County WV
Monongahela National Forest
The erect stems branch several times, resembling deer antlers, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia (Snyder & Bruce, 1986).
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JK Marlow jkm060710_167
July Tucker County WV
Monongahela National Forest
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JK Marlow jkm090913_062
September Transylvania County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Fertile leaves are in distinctive clusters which resemble candelabra, per Ferns of the Smokies (Evans, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm090913_068b
September Transylvania County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Leaves with elongate, attenuate, hyaline hair-tips, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lycopodium clavatum
FAMILY
Lycopodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lycopodium clavatum
FAMILY
Lycopodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lycopodium clavatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Lycopodium clavatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 003-01-007:
Lycopodium clavatum
FAMILY
Lycopodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Lycopodium clavatum
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Fern/Fern ally
Perennial
Habitat: Openings, balds, roadbanks, open forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in Carolina Mountains, rare in GA
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple - linear, with an extended hairlike bristle
Sterile leaves 10-ranked
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) p206
- Ferns of the Smokies (Evans, 2005) p26
- Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America p322
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