OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Lycophytes: Lycopodiales

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



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lycopodiella caroliniana var. caroliniana   FAMILY Lycopodiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Pseudolycopodiella caroliniana var. caroliniana

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America

Pseudolycopodiella caroliniana

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)

Pseudolycopodiella caroliniana

INCLUDED WITHIN The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014)

Pseudolycopodiella caroliniana

INCLUDED WITHIN Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)

Lycopodiella caroliniana

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 003-01-004:

Lycopodium carolinianum   FAMILY Lycopodiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)

Lycopodium carolinianum

 

COMMON NAME:
Carolina Bog-clubmoss, Slender Clubmoss


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image of Pseudolycopodiella caroliniana, Carolina Bog-clubmoss, Slender Clubmoss

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_lyca3_001_lvd

        

image of Pseudolycopodiella caroliniana, Carolina Bog-clubmoss, Slender Clubmoss

Jim Fowler    jaf_pcarolini

August    Brunswick County    NC

Green Swamp

The larger leaves of horizontal stems appear 2-ranked & are held horizontal, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.

image of Pseudolycopodiella caroliniana, Carolina Bog-clubmoss, Slender Clubmoss

Jim Fowler    jaf_pcaroli_1

October    Brunswick County    NC

Green Swamp

Strobilus solitary at end of a nearly naked upright stem, w only tiny lvs, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.

 

 

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

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lycopodiella caroliniana var. caroliniana   FAMILY Lycopodiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Pseudolycopodiella caroliniana var. caroliniana

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Pseudolycopodiella caroliniana

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Pseudolycopodiella caroliniana

INCLUDED WITHIN The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014)
Pseudolycopodiella caroliniana

INCLUDED WITHIN Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)
Lycopodiella caroliniana

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 003-01-004:
Lycopodium carolinianum   FAMILY Lycopodiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Lycopodium carolinianum

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2651

Fern/Fern ally
Perennial

Habitat: pine savannas, seepages, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in GA Coastal Plain, uncommon in Coastal Plain of the Carolinas

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple - leaves of horizontal stems linear-lanceolate to almost subulate
Larger leaves of horizontal stems held horizontal, appearing 2-ranked

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall

 

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