Lycophytes: Lycopodiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lycopodiella prostrata
FAMILY
Lycopodiaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Featherstem 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 prostrata
FAMILY
Lycopodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lycopodiella prostrata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Lycopodiella prostrata
SYNONYMOUS WITH The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014)
Lycopodiella prostrata
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 003-01-006?:
Lycopodium alopecuroides FAMILY Lycopodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Lycopodium prostratum
COMMON NAME:
Featherstem Clubmoss, Prostrate Bog-clubmoss
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_l_prostrata2
August Brunswick County NC
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_l_prostrata2b
August Brunswick County NC
Stroboli 4-8cm long and bushy, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia (Snyder & Bruce, 1986).
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_l_prostrata2c
August Brunswick County NC
Sterile lvs spreading on horizontal stems, nearly appressed on erect stems, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia (Snyder & Bruce, 1986).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lycopodiella prostrata
FAMILY
Lycopodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lycopodiella prostrata
FAMILY
Lycopodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lycopodiella prostrata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Lycopodiella prostrata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014)
Lycopodiella prostrata
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 003-01-006?:
Lycopodium alopecuroides
FAMILY
Lycopodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Lycopodium prostratum
2649
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 GA Coastal Plain, uncommon in Coastal Plain of the Carolinas (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-subulate (dimorphic)
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) p196
- The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014) p069
- Ferns of Alabama (Short & Spaulding, 2012) p079
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p392
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