Lycophytes: Lycopodiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lycopodiella appressa
FAMILY
Lycopodiaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Southern Bog Clubmoss from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina website.
Read about the ancient and interesting fern allies known as clubmosses from the Prince William Wildflower Society.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lycopodiella appressa
FAMILY
Lycopodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lycopodiella appressa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Lycopodiella appressa
SYNONYMOUS WITH The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014)
Lycopodiella appressa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas (Correll & Johnston, 1970)
Lycopodium adpressum
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 003-01-005:
Lycopodium appressum FAMILY Lycopodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Lycopodium inundatum var. bigelovii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Lycopodium appressum
COMMON NAME:
Southern Bog-clubmoss
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_lyad3_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm210523_0739
May Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm120704_529
July Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
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July Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
A larger number of upright stems than other Lycopodiella, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
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JK Marlow jkm120704_551
July Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
Horizontal stem surface-creeping, rooting; upright stems erect, densely lvd, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
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JK Marlow jkm120705_584
July Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm130915_340
September Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
Tightly appressed sporophylls help distinguish this from other Lycopodiella, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lycopodiella appressa
FAMILY
Lycopodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lycopodiella appressa
FAMILY
Lycopodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lycopodiella appressa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Lycopodiella appressa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014)
Lycopodiella appressa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas (Correll & Johnston, 1970)
Lycopodium adpressum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 003-01-005:
Lycopodium appressum
FAMILY
Lycopodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Lycopodium inundatum var. bigelovii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Lycopodium appressum
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Fern/Fern ally
Perennial
Habitat: pine savannas, wet pine flatwoods, seepages, bogs, wet prairies, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple - linear-lanceolate
Leaves of horizontal stems in many spiral rows
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) p200
- The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014) p069
- Ferns of Alabama (Short & Spaulding, 2012) p075
- Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America p316
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