Lycophytes: Lycopodiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Huperzia lucidula
FAMILY
Huperziaceae
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Learn more about Shining 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:
Huperzia lucidula
FAMILY
Lycopodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Huperzia lucidula
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 003-01-001:
Lycopodium lucidulum FAMILY Lycopodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Lycopodium lucidulum
COMMON NAME:
Shining Clubmoss, Shining Firmoss
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_hulu2_005_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_lylu_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm120211_028
February Spartanburg County SC
Conspicuous annual constrictions give stem a slightly ragged profile, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
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JK Marlow jkm090321_249
March Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
Leaves lance-shaped and in tight bushy spirals around the stem, per Ferns of the Smokies (Evans, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm150322_872b
March Pickens County SC
Nine Times Preserve
Mature plants w bands of fertile leaves, a single sporangia per leaf base, per Ferns of the Smokies (Evans, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm150322_876
March Pickens County SC
Nine Times Preserve
Largest leaves broadest at or above middle, w distinctively toothed edges, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
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JK Marlow jkm180310_0528b
March Pickens County SC
Nine Times Preserve
Sporophylls shorter, narrower, and less serrate than sterile leaves, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia (Snyder & Bruce, 1986).
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JK Marlow jkm210516_0467
May Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm210516_0476
May Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm220617_8603
June Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm0507o_15
July Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
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Keith Bradley kab_h_lucidula_78773
August Hamilton County NY
Adirondack State Park
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JK Marlow jkm190914_1520
September Swain County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Sterile leaves lance-shaped, broadened and serrate above middle, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia (Snyder & Bruce, 1986).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Huperzia lucidula
FAMILY
Huperziaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Huperzia lucidula
FAMILY
Lycopodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Huperzia lucidula
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 003-01-001:
Lycopodium lucidulum
FAMILY
Lycopodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Lycopodium lucidulum
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Fern/Fern ally
Perennial
Habitat: Moist forests and ravines, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Mountains (uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
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LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple - oblanceolate
Leaves in tight bushy spirals; annual constrictions make stems appear undulating
FRUIT:
Summer
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) p186
- Ferns of Alabama (Short & Spaulding, 2012) p059
- Ferns of the Smokies (Evans, 2005) p23
- Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America p308
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