OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Lycophytes: Lycopodiales

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lycopodium dendroideum   FAMILY Lycopodiaceae

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

Dendrolycopodium dendroideum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Lycopodium dendroideum

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

Lycopodium obscurum var. dendroideum   FAMILY Lycopodiaceae

 

COMMON NAME:
Prickly Tree-clubmoss, Round-branch Clubmoss, Tree Ground-pine


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image of Dendrolycopodium dendroideum, Prickly Tree-clubmoss, Round-branch Clubmoss, Tree Ground-pine

JK Marlow    jkm060710_133

July    Tucker County    WV

Monongahela National Forest

1-7(14) sessile strobili per upright stem, borne singly on branch ends, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lycopodium dendroideum   FAMILY Lycopodiaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Lycopodium dendroideum

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

 

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2475

Fern/Fern ally
Perennial

Habitat: Openings, grassy balds, high elevation spruce-fir and northern hardwood forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina

Rare

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

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall

 

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