OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Lycophytes: Selaginellales

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Selaginella rupestris   FAMILY Selaginellaceae

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

Bryodesma rupestre

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

Bryodesma rupestre

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

Selaginella rupestris

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

Selaginella rupestris   FAMILY Selaginellaceae

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

Selaginella rupestris

 

COMMON NAME:
Rock Spikemoss


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image of Bryodesma rupestre, Rock Spikemoss

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_seru_001_lvd

        

image of Bryodesma rupestre, Rock Spikemoss

Gill Newberry    gn03_s_rupestris_close

January        

Apical hair-tip of the leaves straight [vs. B. tortipilum twisted-contorted], per Weakley's Flora (2015).

image of Bryodesma rupestre, Rock Spikemoss

JK Marlow    jkm170408_539

April    Newberry County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District

Its stems have a low creeping aspect, similar to the mosses with which it often grows, per Guide to the Plants of Granite Outcrops (Murdy & Carter, 2000).

image of Bryodesma rupestre, Rock Spikemoss

JK Marlow    jkm170408_541

April    Newberry County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District

image of Bryodesma rupestre, Rock Spikemoss

JK Marlow    jkm170408_542

April    Newberry County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District

Stems mostly creeping or turned up at the apex, forming mats 1.5-4cm high, per Weakley's Flora (2015).

image of Bryodesma rupestre, Rock Spikemoss

Gill Newberry    gn03_s_rupestris_cones

May        

The overlapping lvs are small, narrow & gray-green w white terminal bristles and marginal hairs, per Guide to the Plants of Granite Outcrops (Murdy & Carter, 2000).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Selaginella rupestris   FAMILY Selaginellaceae

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

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

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

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

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2376

Fern/Fern ally
Perennial

Habitat: Granite flatrocks, other, mostly acidic, rock outcrops, occasionally on greenstone or calcareous shales, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Mountains & GA Piedmont, uncommon in Carolina Piedmont (rare in Coastal Plain)

map
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LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple - scale-like

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall

 

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