OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Lycophytes: Lycopodiales

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lycopodium hickeyi   FAMILY Lycopodiaceae

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

Dendrolycopodium hickeyi

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Lycopodium hickeyi

SYNONYMOUS WITH Guide to the Vascular Plants of the Blue Ridge (Wofford, 1989)

Lycopodium obscurum var. isophyllum

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 003-01-008b:

Lycopodium obscurum var. dendroideum   FAMILY Lycopodiaceae

 

COMMON NAME:
Hickey's Tree-clubmoss, Pennsylvania Ground-pine


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image of Dendrolycopodium hickeyi, Hickey's Tree-clubmoss, Pennsylvania Ground-pine

JK Marlow    jkm210423_9673b

April    Jackson County    NC

image of Dendrolycopodium hickeyi, Hickey's Tree-clubmoss, Pennsylvania Ground-pine

JK Marlow    jkm210423_9673c

April    Jackson County    NC

Lateral branches appear almost round, vs. D. obscurum's appear flattened, per Jim Fowler's blog.

image of Dendrolycopodium hickeyi, Hickey's Tree-clubmoss, Pennsylvania Ground-pine

Keith Bradley    kab_d_obscurum_0764

June    Haywood County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

Strobilus .3 - 2.5" long, sessile, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dendrolycopodium hickeyi   FAMILY Lycopodiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lycopodium hickeyi   FAMILY Lycopodiaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Lycopodium hickeyi

SYNONYMOUS WITH Guide to the Vascular Plants of the Blue Ridge (Wofford, 1989)
Lycopodium obscurum var. isophyllum

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 003-01-008b:
Lycopodium obscurum var. dendroideum   FAMILY Lycopodiaceae

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2474

Fern/Fern ally
Perennial

Habitat: Grassy balds, bog margins, forest openings, acidic ridgetop forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas

Rare

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LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple - linear
Leaves of lateral branches 6-ranked, all of equal size

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall

 

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