Lycophytes: Selaginellales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Bryodesma rupestre
FAMILY
Selaginellaceae
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Learn more about Bryodesma from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_seru_001_lvd
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Gill Newberry gn03_s_rupestris_close
January
Apical hair-tip of the leaves straight [vs. B. tortipilum twisted-contorted], per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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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).
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JK Marlow jkm170408_541
April Newberry County SC
Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District
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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).
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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
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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)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple - scale-like
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) p232
- Ferns of Alabama (Short & Spaulding, 2012) p089
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p095
- Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America p378
- Guide to the Plants of Granite Outcrops (Murdy & Carter, 2000) p93
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