OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Lycophytes: Lycopodiales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lycopodium clavatum   FAMILY Lycopodiaceae   Go to FSUS key



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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image of Lycopodium clavatum, Staghorn Clubmoss, Running Clubmoss, Ground-pine

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_lycl_001_lvd

        

image of Lycopodium clavatum, Staghorn Clubmoss, Running Clubmoss, Ground-pine

JK Marlow    jkm170224_257

February    Haywood County    NC

Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District

Principal leafy stems creeping, per Weakley's Flora (2015).

image of Lycopodium clavatum, Staghorn Clubmoss, Running Clubmoss, Ground-pine

JK Marlow    jkm170224_259

February    Haywood County    NC

Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District

image of Lycopodium clavatum, Staghorn Clubmoss, Running Clubmoss, Ground-pine

JK Marlow    jkm170224_260

February    Haywood County    NC

Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District

image of Lycopodium clavatum, Staghorn Clubmoss, Running Clubmoss, Ground-pine

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).

image of Lycopodium clavatum, Staghorn Clubmoss, Running Clubmoss, Ground-pine

JK Marlow    jkm160504_418b

May    Jackson County    NC

Panthertown

image of Lycopodium clavatum, Staghorn Clubmoss, Running Clubmoss, Ground-pine

JK Marlow    jkm060710_157b

July    Tucker County    WV

Monongahela National Forest

Strobili borne on elongate, sparsely leafy peduncles, per Weakley's Flora (2015).

image of Lycopodium clavatum, Staghorn Clubmoss, Running Clubmoss, Ground-pine

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).

image of Lycopodium clavatum, Staghorn Clubmoss, Running Clubmoss, Ground-pine

JK Marlow    jkm060710_167

July    Tucker County    WV

Monongahela National Forest

image of Lycopodium clavatum, Staghorn Clubmoss, Running Clubmoss, Ground-pine

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).

image of Lycopodium clavatum, Staghorn Clubmoss, Running Clubmoss, Ground-pine

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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2121

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

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LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple - linear, with an extended hairlike bristle
Sterile leaves 10-ranked

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall

 

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